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EDWARD W. KINSLEY 
For whom Post No. 113 was named 



WHAT ONE GRAND ARMY POST HAS ACCOMPLISHED 



HISTORY 



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EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST, NO. 113 

DEPAKTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS 

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 

BOSTOI^, MASS. 



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COMPILED BY 

COMRADE BOWDOIN S. PARKER 

POST HISTORIAN 



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PREFACE 

In tlie words of Montaigne^ " I have gathered a posie of other 
men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is 
mine own."' 

As a tribute of love it is dedicated to the Comrades and 
many friends of Edward W. Kinsley Post, No. 113. 

BOWDOIN S. PARKER, 

Historian. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Chapter I. 1869. The Grand Army of the Republic. Its Origin and 
Growth. Major Stephenson and Chaplain Rutledge. Objects and 
Aims. Eligibility to Membership 1 

Chapter II. 1869. The Origin of Post No. 113. Comrades Denny 
and Attwood. The Post Charter. Preliminary Organization. Post 
Name. An Unknown Friend 4 

Chapter III. 1870 (First Half). Permanent Organization. A Cav- 
alry Leader. Public Installation. Headquarters. Membership. 
Post Equipment. Ceremonies. A Veterans' Club. Finances. 
Early Activities. Soldiers' Aid Fund. Employment Bureau. 
First Decorative Service. First Celebration of Memorial Day by 
Post No. 113. Donations. Excursion to Lowell Island . . 9 

Chapter IV. 1870 (Second Half). Under the Same Leader. First 
Post Funeral. Origin of Term "Camp Fire." Membership at End 
of First Year, Sixty-four. A Touching Incident. Post No. 113 
advocates a Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Sketch of General 
Wilmon W. Blackmar, the First Commander 18 

Chapter V. 1871 (First Half). The First Naval Commander. First 
National Encampment of Grand Army in Boston. Resignation of 
Commander Hollis. Presentation of Flag. Observance of Memo- 
rial Days by Post No. 113. Memorial Day May 30. Services at 
Boston and Lexington, Edward W. Kinsley, Orator. Sketch of 
Commander J. Edward Hollis 31 

Chapter VI. 1871 (Second Half). Infantryman Leads. Dedication 
of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Parade in Honor of President 
Grant and laying Corner Stone of Post Office. No Parade for 
Alexis. Lectures. Concerts. Increase of Membership . . 37 

Chapter VII. 1872. Commander's Circular. Lectures. Concerts. 
Camp Fires. May 30. Rev. William B. Wright, Orator. Estab- 
lishment of Relief Funds. Decrease in Attendance at Meetings. 
Great Boston Fire. Sketch of Commander Cornelius G. Attwood. 40 



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Chapter VIII. 1873. Citizens Aid Post. Post Headquarters de- 
stroyed by Fire. Rescue of tlie Bible and Stuffed Eagle. Rev. 
W. H. H. Murray, Memorial Day Orator. Trip to Maiden. Tour- 
ing for Headquarters. Members of " 113 "' Start New Post. Pres- 
entations Made and Donations Received. Sketch of Commander 
Augustus N. Sampson ......... 45 

Chapter IX. 1874. An Optimistic Circular. Nevr Headquarters 
Secured. Memorial Day Exercises at King's Chapel. Rev. Henry 
W. Foot, Orator. Demits and Suspensions. Sketch of Commander 
J. Waldo Denny 50 

Chapter X. 1875. New Headquarters Dedicated. All Past Com- 
manders in OflBce. Notable Fraternity for ex-Confederates. Me- 
morial Day. Rev. Minot J. Savage, Orator. Gifts. Statue of 
"War Governor" Andrew. First Post Annivei'sary Celebration. 
Increase in Dues. Department Politics. Administration . . 64 

Chapter XI. 1876. A Typical Camp Fire. Services, May 30. Rev. 
William B. Wright, Orator. Department Parade. Finances. 
Anniversary at Parker's. No Deaths ...... 60 

Chapter XII. 1877. Soldiers' Home. Memorial Day. Rev. John 
F. W. Ware, Orator. Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monu- 
ment. Waning Interest. Anniversary at Young's. Removal of 
Department Headquarters. No Deaths 63 

Chapter XIII. 1878. Post No. 113 holds First Memorial Service at 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common. General Horace 
Binney Sargent, Orator. At the Church Rev. Edward Everett 
Hale, D.D., Orator. Anniversary at Young's Hotel. Post not 
Prospering. Sketch of Commander Nathan Appletou ... 66 

Chapter XIV. 1879. Memorial Day. Past Commander Wilraon W. 
Blackmar, Orator. The Post Declining and Surrender of Charter 
Considered. Tenth Anniversary at Young's 72 

Chapter XV. 1880. Memorial Services at Boston and Hingham. 
Colonel Thomas W. Higginson, Orator at Boston, and Past Com- 
mander Blackmar, Orator at Hingham. The 250th Anniversary 
of Boston. The Post Charter Saved. Honor's shown the Langs- 
ton Guards of Norfolk, Virginia. The Eleventh Anniversary at 
Young's. Sketch of Commander Albert W. Hersey . . .75 

Chapter XVI. 1881. A Discouraging Outlook. A Turn in the Road. 
Reception to Commander-in-Chief Wagner. May 30 made a Legal 
Holiday. Grand Memorial Parade. Special Services by Post No. 
113. Commander Thomas R. Mathews, Orator at Common. Gov- 
ernor John D. Long, Orator at Tremont Temple. Soldiers' Home 
Established. Death of President Garfield. Anniversary at Young's. 
The Tide had Turned. Revival of Post 80 



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Chapter XVII. 1882. The New System Continued. Banquet to 
Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill. Cerenionie.s by Suffolk 
County A.ssociation, May 30. Services by Post No. 113. Charles 
E. Pratt, E.sq., Orator at the Common. The Grand Army again in 
Favor. Return to No. 608 Washington Street. Second Grand Fair 
in Aid of Soldiers' Home. Anniversary Reception and Banquet 
with "Ladies' Night." Inspection. Growth of Relief Fund. 
Great Results. Post Rehabilitated. Sketch of Commander Thomas 
R. Mathews 86 

Chapter XVIII. 1883. The Suffolk County Association, May 30. 
Mayor Palmer, Orator. Observance of Day by Post No. 113. Rev. 
Edward A. Horton, Orator. Advance of the Grand Army. The 
Fourteenth Anniversary. Blaine, Morse, and Robinson. The 
Force of Precedent 93 

Chapter XIX. 1884. A Generous Donation. May 30. Rev. Brooke 
Hereford, Orator. Adieu to No. 608 Washington Street. Recep- 
tion to Commander-in-Chief Kountz. Grand "Kettle Drum." 
The Fifteenth Anniversary. Sketch of Commander Eugene H. 
Richards 99 

Chapter XX. 1885. Dedication of New Headquarters at No. 1682 
Washington Street. The Soldiers' Great Home Carnival. Memo- 
rial Services, Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter, Orator. Death of ex- 
President, General Grant. The Sixteenth Post Anniversary . 103 

Chapter XXI. 1886. Reception to Commander-in-Chief S. S. Bur- 
dett. Annual Post Inspection. Memorial Services, May 31. Rev. 
James De Normandie, Orator. Deaths of Generals Grant, Hancock, 
McClellan, and McDowell within the Past Year. Anniversary at 
Young's. A Year of Enjoyment and Growth. Sketch of Com- 
mander Augustine Sanderson 106 

Chapter XXII. 1887. Memorial Day. Rev. David Gregg, D.D., 
Orator. Robert E. Lee Camp of ex-Confederate Veterans Parade 
in Boston. A Military Club. Reception to General Black. Anni- 
versary at the Vendome. Annual Post Inspection. Post Completes 
its Roll of 1 13 Members Ill 

Chapter XXIII. 1888. The First Break in the List of Past Com- 
manders. Abrogation of Rule restricting Membership Defeated. 
An Old Experiment Revived. May 30. Rev. George A. Gordon, 
Orator. The Military Club Abandoned. Removal of Headquar- 
ters. First Death of a Post Commander in Office. Funeral of 
Commander Wellington. The Nineteenth Anniversary at Young's, 
Minor Items. Sketch of Commander Austin C. Wellington . .115 



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Chapter XXIV. 1889. Another Change in Headquarters. Memorial 
Day. Rev. W. H. H. Murray, Orator. Preparations for the Na- 
tional Encampment of the Grand Army in Boston. The Twentieth 
Anniversary at Parker's. Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger 
and Staff Received. Badge Presentation and Inspection . . 120 

Chapter XXV. 1890. The Post's Opportunity. Reception of Mr. 
and Mrs. Edward W. Kinsley. Memorial Day. General Daniel 
E. Sickles, Orator. Reception at Young's. Temporary Head- 
quarters and Drill. Reception of Lafayette Post No. 140 of New 
York. National Encampment at Boston. Grand Banquet at Par- 
ker's. President Harrison and Cabinet. Kinsley "113" and 
Lafayette "140." Generals Sherman, Sickles, Devens, and Coggs- 
well. Grand Parade of the Boys in Blue. Post Mounted Escort 
to Commander-in-Chief. Anniversary Banquet at Young's. Lesser 
Items. Sketch of Commander George A. Sawin .... 124 

Chapter XXVI. 1891. Notable Memorial Service. Mrs. Mary A. 
Livermore, the First Woman Memorial Day Orator. The Eirst 
"Stars and Stripes." Mrs. Harriet R. P. Stafford. Visit to La- 
fayette Post No. 140, New York. Tomb of General Grant. West 
Point. Grand Banquet to Post No. 113. Fall Field Day. Twenty- 
second Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Mr. 
Edward W. Kinsley. Sketch of Commander George F. Hall . 136 

Chapter XXVII. 1892. Memorial Day. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, 
D.D., Orator. The Second Commander to die in Office. New 
Post Badge. Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of 
Commander John H. Cook 146 

Chapter XXVIII. 1893. Ladies' Night. Memorial Services. Gen- 
eral Joshua L. Chamberlain, Orator. A Touching Incident. Re- 
ception to Commander-in-Chief John G. B. Adams. Anniversary 
Banquet at Young's. Reception to Commander-in-Chief A. G. 
Weissert. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Cranmore N. 
Wallace 150 

Chapter XXIX. 1894. The Memory of Edward W. Kinsley Honored. 
Memorial Services. General Oliver O. Howard, Orator. Fall Field 
Day. Anniversary at Young's. Sketch of Commander Samuel 
Harrington ........... 1-55 

Chapter XXX. 1895. Memorial Ceremonies. Lieutenant-General 
Nelson A. Miles, Orator. The Third Commander dies in Office. 
Fall Field Day. Ex-Confederate General John B. Gordon, Death 
of Past Commander Harrington. Anniversary Banquet at Young's. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander William Carleton Ireland . 169 



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Chapter XXXI. 1896. The Second Naval Commander. New Post 
Headquarters. Change in Memorials. Memorial Services, May 
30. Judge Albion Weingard Tourgee, Orator. Field Day. Anni- 
versary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander James 
G. Harris 



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Chapter XXXII. 1897. Memorial Day. General Wager Swayne, 
Orator. Comrades Honored. Field Day. Anniversary at Young's, 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Charles Clarke Adams . 173 

Chapter XXXIII. 1898. A Quiet Year. May 30. Comrade Wil- 
mon W. Blackmar, Orator. Fall Field Day. The Twenty-ninth 
Anniversary at Young's. Inspection. Badge Presentation . . 177 

Chapter XXXIV. 1899. Burial of ex-Confederate John Buck by 
the Post. New Post Uniforms. Reception to General Joseph 
Wheeler at the Algonquin. Notable Memorial Services. General 
Joseph Wheeler, an ex-Confederate Officer, Orator. Reception 
and Luncheon to General Wheeler by Governor Wolcott at the 
Union Club. Presentation from the Blue to the Gray. A New 
Era for Post No. 113. Kinsley Associates. National Encampment 
at Philadelphia. Grand Joint Banquet by Kinsley, Lafayette, and 
Mead Posts. President McKinley and Men of National Fame in 
Attendance. Thirty-five Thousand Veterans in Parade. Kinsley 
presents Loving-Cup to Lafayette. Welcome of Admiral George 
Dewey to Boston. The Thirtieth Anniversary at Young's. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander Ira B. Goodrich . . . .180 

Chapter XXXV. 1900. The Navy again at the Helm. Restricted 
Membership Removed. Reception to Comrade Blackmar, as De- 
partment Junior Vice Commander. Patriots' Day. Camp Fire in 
Honor of Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw. Memorial Exer- 
cises, Sunday, May 22. Address by Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May 
30. Chaplain Roswell W. Hoes, U. S. Navy, Orator. " The Lan- 
yard Pulled," Commanders' Reception, July 4. General Wheeler 
at Thirty-first Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch 
of Commander Paul H. Kendricken 1^^ 

Chapter XXXVI. 1901. An Infantryman again Leads. Another 
Reception to Past Commander Blackmar as Department Senior 
Vice Commander. Memorial Observances. Sunday Address by 
Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May 30. General Charles H. Grosvenor, 
Orator. Pathetic Letter of Carl Pfleuger. Memorial Services upon 
Death of President McKinley. The Thirty-second Anniversary at 
Young's. Sketch of Commander John C. Cook . . • .205 



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Chapter XXXVII. 1902. Reception to Department Commander 
Blackmar. Memorial Sunday, May 25. Address by Rev. Tliomas 
Van Ness. May 30. General Charles P. Mattocks, Orator. Na- 
tional Encampment at Washington, D.C. The Thirty-third Anni- 
versary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Albert 
A. Pope 210 

Chapter XXXVIII. 1903. Honored by Department Officers. Patri- 
ots' Day. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 24. Address by 
Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton. May 30. Rev. Edward Everett 
Hale, D.D., Orator. Parade in Honor of General Joseph Hooker 
and Dedication of Statue. The Thirty-fourth Anniversary at 
Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander George E. Henry 215 

Chapter XXXIX. 1904. The Banner Year. Death of ex-Confeder- 
ate Lieutenant-General Gordon. Memorial Services. Comrade 
Rev. Edward Anderson, Orator. The Thirty-eighth National En- 
campment in Boston. Welcome of Lafayette Post No. 140 New 
York by Kinsley No. 113. Parade of Prisoners of War. The Grand 
Parade. Comrade Wilmon W. Blackmar elected Commander-in- 
Chief of the Grand Army. "Old Glory" Everywhere. "The 
Best Ever." Reception by Kinsley Post to ex-Confederate Guests 
at Algonquin Club. Reunion of the Blue and Gray in Faneuil 
Hall. Noted Speeches of Great Orators. Pi-esentation of Loving- 
Cup by Lafayette to Kinsley. Old Bugle Calls. Southern Feeling. 
Fruitage of the "113 Idea." Post Honored. Reception to Com- 
mander-in-Chief Blackmar. Thirty-fifth Anniversary. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander George H. Graves . . . 220 

Chapter XL. 1905. Reception of the Colors. Memorial Services, 
Sunday, May 29. Addresses by Rev. Thomas Van Ness and Chap- 
lain Rev. Edward A. Horton. May 30. Ex-Governor John L. 
Bates, Orator. Lieutenant-General A. B. Chaffee, U. S. Army. 
The Tender-Heartedness of President McKinley — an Unwritten 
Incident. Conunander-in-Chief Blackmar at Rest. Thirty-sixth 
Anniversary. Comrade Blackmar and Post No. 113. Unveiling 
of Memorial to General Stevenson. The Post Home. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander Ephraim B. Stillings . . . 252 

Chapter XLI. 1906. The New Headquarters — "Blackmar Hall." 
Death of General Joseph Wheeler. Obsequies and Press Notices 
of Respect. Death of Comrade Major Edward J. Jones. Obse- 
quies and Appreciative Tributes. Ex-Confederate Colonel John S. 
Mosby. Memorial Observances. Ex-Governor John D. Long, 
Orator. Reception of Baptist Social Union. Death of Comrade 
General Edmund Rice, a Hero of Three Wars. Obsequies and 



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Press Notices of Distinguished Services. Death of Past Com- 
mander Captain Nathan Appleton. Anniversary at Young's. 
Dedication of Tufts' Memorial Tablet. Mrs. Blackmar Honored. 
Minor Events 204 

Chapter XLII. 1907. Unveiling of Tablet to Memory of Comrade 
Major Edward J. Jones. Memorial Day. Rev. Frederick W. 
Hamilton, D.D., President of Tufts College, Orator. Unveiling 
of Tablet to Memory of Comrade General Wilmon W. Blackmar. 
Reception in New Headquarters. Subsequent Entertainments. 
Anniversary Reception and Banquet at Young's. Death of Past 
Commander Major George E. Henry. Minor Events. Sketch of 
Commander William H. Ruddick 289 

Chapter XLIII. 1908. Installation of Officers. Patriots' Day. Un- 
veiling of Tablet at Faneuil Hall. Memorial Services, Sunday, 
May 24. Address by Rev. Clyde W. Broraell. May 30. Rev. 
W. H. P. Faunce, D.D., President of Brown University, Orator. 
Salute to the Flag by One Thousand Public School Children. A 
Model Celebration. Thirty-ninth Anniversary Reception and 
Banquet at Young's. Notable Presentation of " Andersonville 
Gavel " by Associate Hon. James J. Myers. Completion of Photo- 
graphs and Military Records of all Members of Post No. 113 
and Massive Cabinet for the Same. Minor Events. Sketch of 
Commander Bowdoin S. Parker (by the Post Publication Com- 
mittee) . . 290 

Chapter XLIV. 1909. Installation. Death of Past Commander 
Major Augustine Sanderson, a Charter Member of the Post. 
Unique and Delightful Occasion. Lincoln's Centennial Birthday. 
Memorial Window to Memory of Comrade General Ednmnd Rice 
Dedicated. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 30. Address by 
Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May 31. Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett, 
Orator. Death of Past Commander Albert A. Pope and Subse- 
quent Memorial Services. The Fortieth Anniversary at Young's. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Nathaniel Wales . . 305 

Chapter XLV. 1910. Installation of Officers. Renewed Courtesies 
to Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett. Reception and Dinner to Mrs. 
Pickett by Post Members and Ladies at Algonquin Club. Memo- 
rial Observances. General John C. Black, Orator. The Dinner 
and Afternoon Exercises at Ford Building. Reception to Com- 
mander-in-Chief John E. Oilman. The Forty-first Anniversary at 
Young's. Presentation of Notable Historic War Flask to Post by 
Mrs. Pickett. The Largest Necrology of Members. Minor Events. 
Sketch of Commander Albion P. Pease 314 



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Chapter XLVI. 1911. Installation of Officers. Time's Changes in 
Methods. Memorial Services. General Horatio C. King, Orator. 
Extracts from his Poems. Society of the Army of the Potomac at 
Providence, K. I. The Forty-second Anniversary. Loss of Com- 
rade William M. Olin, Past Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander William Park . . .321 

Chapter XLVII. 1912. Washington's Birthday. Patriots' Day. 
Memorial Observances. Dr. Charles Fleischer, Orator. " Old 
Glory" in a Confederate Home. The Forty-third Anniversary. 
Minor Events. Necrology of the Year. Sketch of Commander 
James D. Leatherbee . 329 

Chapter XLVIII. 1913. The Opening Meeting. The Social Side. 
A Historic Memorial Observance. Memorial Sunday. Ceremonies 
Memorial Day. The Blue and the Gray Unite to Honor the Soldier 
Dead. Address of Commander Ferris. Lincoln's Gettysburg 
Address. Oration of Hon. William A. Morse. Keception and 
Luncheon. Colonel J. F. Burke Decorated. Speech of Colonel 
Burke. Press Comments. The Gettysburg Semi-Centennial. Cur- 
rent Thoughts on the Semi-Centennial. Sketch of Commander 
Alexander M. Ferris 334 

Chapter XLIX. 1913. Conclusion. Special Review. Comrades 

Prominent in Developing and Sustaining the Ideals of Post No. 113 348 

Chapter L. Post No. 113 Memorial Day Orators .... 351 

Roster of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, from 1869 to 1913 inclusive, 
with Military or Naval Record of Service in the Civil War and State 
Service of Each Member 353 

The Kinsley Associates. Auxiliary to Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, 

Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic . . 393 

Roster of Kinsley Associates 395 

General Index 399 




Grand Army Badge 



PORTRAITS 



Edward W. Kinsley 

WiLMON AV. Blackmar 
Rev. Edward A. Horton 
J. Edward Hollis . 
Cornelius G. Attwood 
Augustus N. Sampson 
J. Waldo Denny 
Nathan Appleton . 
Albert W. Hersey 
Thomas R. Mathews 
Eugene H. Richards 
Augustine Sanderson 
Austin C. Wellington 
George A. Sawin . 
George F. Hall 
JoHX H. Cook . 
Craxmore N. Wallace 
Samuel Harrington 
William Carleton Ireland 
James G. Harris 



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Charles Clark Adams . 
luA B. Goodrich 
Paul H. Kendricken 
John C. Cook . 
Albert A. Pope 
George E. Henry . 
George H. Graves . 
Ephraim B. Stillings . 
William H. Ruddick, M.D. 
BowDOiN S. Parker 
Nathaniel Wales . 
Albion P. Pease 
William Park . 
James D. Leatherbee . 
Alexander M. Ferris . 
Bygones — The Blue and t: 
James M. Simpson . 
John Dixwell, M.D. 
J. Stearns Gushing 
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"And first of ye occasion and indusements thereunto; the which 
that I may truly unfold, I must begin at ye very roote and rise of ye 
same. The which I shall endevor to manefest in a plaine stile, with 
singuler regard unto ye simple truth in all things, at least as near as 
my slender judgmente can attaine the same." — Bradford's History 
"Of Plimouth Plantation. " 



CHAPTER I 

The Grand Army of the Republic. Its Origin and Growth. 
Major Stephenson and Chaplain Rutledge. Objects and Aims. 
Eligibility to Membership. 

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 

THE Grand Army of the Republic is a voluntary associa- 
tion of men who served in the army or navy of the United 
States between the years 1861 and 1865, during the Civil 
War, and were honorably discharged therefrom. 

Its organization consists of a central or supreme body, de- 
nominated the National Encampment, composed of delegates 
chosen from each State or Territory of the Union by a Depart- 
ment Encampment consisting of delegates elected by the 
individual Posts acting under charters issued by such Depart- 
ment organizations. The National Encampment and the 
several Departments and Posts choose suitable executive officers 
annually. 

The government of the organization is modelled after the 
existing political governments of the United States, i.e. the Na- 
tional and Department bodies being representative in character, 
while the several Posts conform to the democratic town gov- 
ernment. The first Post in Massachusetts was Post No. 1 of 
New Bedford, chartered October 4, 1866. The permanent 
Department of Massachusetts was organized at New Bedford, 
May 7, 1867. Major Austin S. Cushman, Department Com- 
mander. The first parade of the Order was held in Boston in 
the fall of 1867, upon the occasion of the visit of General 
Philip H. Sheridan. 

As a fitting introduction to the subject we are to consider, a 
brief sketch of the parent body is subjoined. 

ORIGIN OF THE GRAND ARMY 

As early as February, 1864, it is said the idea of a grand asso- 
ciation of Veterans was conceived by Major Benjamin F. Stephen- 

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2 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G.A.R. 

son, Surgeon, and Rev. W. J. Rutledge, Chaplain, two officers 
of the 14th Ilhnois Infantry, while in the United States Service, 
and to them is generally and probably truthfully ascribed the 
credit of being the real founders of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public. After they were mustered out of service the subject was 
ever in their minds; they corresponded upon the matter ex- 
tensively until March, 1866, when a conference between fourteen 
Union volunteer ex-officers was held in Springfield, Illinois, 
which resulted in the formation of the Order. 

The first Grand Army Post was organized April 6, 1866, at 
Decatur, Illinois, by virtue of a charter issued by Major Ben- 
jamin F. Stephenson, as Department Commander, with a 
membership of twelve Veterans, M. F. Kanan, Post Commander, 
and was assigned the Post of Honor as "Decatur Encampment 
No. 1," from which beginning has grown the grandest Order 
of Veterans the world has ever known. 

At first there was a prejudice in the public mind against a 
secret order having, as was feared, a political object in view, 
and it was some time before the feeling of antagonism was 
overcome. 

The Order, by its rules, early and wisely abolished all dis- 
cussion of a political nature. The Grand Army as we have 
known it and as its constitution and declaration of principles 
now state, is non-partisan in politics, and unsectarian in re- 
ligion. 

After its true aims and purposes had become better under- 
stood, its growth until the year 1868 was almost magical. It 
had then reached a membership throughout the country of 
240,000, but a day of trial was yet to come. The blighting 
effects of internal dissension, caused chiefly by inherent defects 
in its organization and the ambitions of factions, all too quickly 
sapped its lifeblood, and a rapid decline set in which, within 
three years, reduced the total membership to about 30,000. 
In 1871 Comrade Stephenson, whose life was wrapped up in 
the organization, passed beyond, without seeing the fruition 
of his hopes and labors. 

In many States, Departments disbanded, and everywhere 
large numbers of Posts surrendered their charters; even in 
Illinois the Department maintained only a nominal existence, 
and there was hardly a Post in active operation. In the East, 



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the number of Posts was much decreased, and it was a hard 
task to keep up any considerable interest, with the meagre at- 
tendance at the weekly meetings. There were few additions 
to the Grand Army for the next seven years throughout the 
country. From 1871 to 1878 there was only a gain of 992 mem- 
bers ; the total roll in the latter year was only 31,016 members. 
But, in the meantime, a reorganization had been effected, and 
the early mistakes had been corrected ; soon the Order sprang 
into new life, extending into every State and Territory of the 
Union, and has since continued to grow in strength and influ- 
ence, save as its ranks have been depleted by the remorseless 
hand of time, and dear Comrades have been transferred to that 
country from whence none in mortal body return. 

High- water mark was reached in 1890, when the total 
membership was 409,489, of which Massachusetts had 22,000. 
Since that time the number has gradually decreased. 

" OBJECTS 

" The objects to be accomplished by the Grand Army of the RepubHc 
are as follows : — 

"1. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feehngs which 
bind together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress 
the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the 
dead. 

"2. To assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protec- 
tion, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who 
have fallen. 

"3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, 
based upon a paramount respect for and fidelity to the National Con- 
stitution and laws, and to discountenance whatever tends to weaken 
loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner 
impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions ; and 
to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights, and justice 
to all men. 

"eligibility to membership 

" Soldiers and sailors of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and Revenue Cutter Service, who served between April 12, 1861, and 
April 9, 1865, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, and those 
having been honorably discharged therefrom after such service, and 
of such State regiments as were called into active service and subject 
to the orders of United States general officers, between the dates men- 
tioned, shall be eligible to membership in the Grand Army of the Re- 
public. No person shall be eligible to membership who has at any 
time borne arms against the United States." 



** Come, dear old comrade, you and I 
Will steal an hour from days gone by." 



CHAPTER II 

Eighteen Hundred Sixty-nine 

The Origin of Post No. 113. Comrades Denny and Attwood. 
The Post Charter. Preliminary Organization. Post Name. 
An Unknown Friend. 

THE ORIGIN OF POST NO. 113 

EARLY in the year 1869 the Grand Army organization 
seemed a growing power in the United States ; over one 
hundred Posts had been chartered in Massachusetts. It ap- 
peared to be an auspicious time to launch a new Post ; upon 
the surface there was httle indication of any approaching storm. 
To Comrades J. Waldo Denny and Cornelius G. Attwood, who 
both served in the 25th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry 
during the War and were close friends, undoubtedly belongs 
the honor of originating the idea of forming Post No. 113. 

Comrade Denny was mustered as the 8th member of William 
Logan Rodman Post No. 1, of New Bedford. Comrade 
Attwood was mustered in George H. Ward Post No. 10, of 
Worcester. The two, afterwards residing in Boston, consulted 
together and organized John A. Andrew Post No. 15, of Boston, 
in 1866. Both subsequently served as Commander of that Post. 
In 1869 the membership of Post No. 15 had increased so much 
that it was thought to be unwieldy ; it was then that the same 
two Comrades again consulted together and conceived the idea 
of organizing another new Post in Boston. After several in- 
formal conferences with a few Comrades they succeeded in 
enlisting the aid of about fifteen Comrades, who met by appoint- 
ment in the vestry of the old Pine Street Church, November 
22, 1869 ; the subject was thoroughly canvassed, and it was de- 
cided to apply for a charter. The petition was duly signed by 
the requisite number and the charter was soon after granted. 

Comrades Denny and Attwood, on account of their activity 
in forming Post No. 15, preferred not to have their names appear 
as charter members of the new Post, and therefore were omitted. 

4 



THE ORIGIN OF POST NO. 113 5 

COPY OF POST CHARTER 
"Graxd Army of the Republic 
" To all whom these presents may come : 

" Know ye that reposing full trust and confidence in the fideHty and 
patriotism of Comrades Louis N. Tucker, Peter J. Rooney, Augustine 
Sanderson, Louis A. Lauriat, William C. Roberts, Augustus N. Samp- 
son, Thomas H. Gwinn, William Emerson, Charles E. Mudge, and 
Charles S. Seagraves, I do hereby in conformity with the Rules and 
Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, and by virtue of the 
power and authority in me vested, constitute them and their associates 
and successors a Post of the Grand Army of the Repubhc, to be known 
as Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Department of Massachusetts. 

" And I authorize and empower them to perform all acts necessary to 
conduct said organization, in accordance with the Rules and Regula- 
tions of the Grand Army of the Repubhc. 

" Dated at the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic at 
Boston, on the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of our Independence the 
Ninety-Third. 

"Francis A. Osborne, 

_ " Department Commander. 

Thomas Sherwin, 

" Assistant Adjutant-General.' [ 
[Seal of Department.] 

PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION 

Post No. 113, G. A. R., Department of Massachusetts, was 
organized in the officers' room of the 7th Regiment of Infantry, 
M. V. M., at Boston, on Thursday evening, December 2, 1869, 
by Assistant Department Inspector General Orson Moulton. 
The following charter members were present : Comrades Louis 
N. Tucker, Augustine Sanderson, William C. Roberts, Thomas 
H. Gwinn, Charles E. Mudge, Louis A. Lauriat, Augustus N. 
Sampson, William Emerson and Charles S. Seagraves. 

After the meeting had been called to order Comrades William 
Cook, J. Waldo Denny, Wilmon W. Blackmar, Cornelius G. 
Attwood, George A. Sawin and Orson Moulton were elected 
members by transfer from Post No. 15. 

The preliminary organization was then effected by the choice 
of Comrades Wilmon W. Blackmar as Commander, Augustus 
N. Sampson as Adjutant and Charles E. Mudge as Quarter- 
master. The Commander appointed the following committees : 



6 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G.A.R. 

Examining Committee, Comrades Thomas H. Gwinn, Charles 
E. Mudge, Louis N. Tucker, Peter J. Rooney and Wilham Cook ; 
Committee on By-Laws, Comrades J. Waklo Denny, Augustus 
N. Sampson, Charles S. Seagraves and Commander ; Committee 
on Hall, Comrades Peter J. Rooney and Charles E. Mudge. 
The Committee on By-Laws was afterwards directed to con- 
sider the "subject of a suitable name for the Encampment." 
The thanks of the Post were tendered to Colonel Harrington 
for the use of the room and the first meeting adjourned to meet 
at the call of the Adjutant. 

The second meeting was held December 9, 1869, at which the 
only business transacted was the adopting of suitable resolu- 
tions upon the death of Comrade Thomas H. Gwinn, a charter 
member, who had passed away during the first week. This was 
the first break in the ranks of the Post membership. 

At the third meeting, held December 23, 1869, a nominating 
committee was appointed to select a full board of officers for 
the ensuing six months. 

Silas Sanborn, Jr., of Thomas G. Stevenson Post No. 26, was 
the first Comrade admitted to membership after the preliminary 
organization, and was followed by five members from John A. 
Andrew Post No. 15. The first "Recruit" received was C. C. 
Bumpus. 

The following rates were adopted : Comrades coming by 
transfer, $3.00; recruits, $5.00; dues, $1.00 per month, "pay- 
able at the Quartermaster's desk at the last meeting in every 
month, without bills." 

POST NAME 

As we have seen, one of the matters considered at the first 
meeting was the subject of selecting a suitable name for the 
new Post. The committee appointed considered several names ; 
among others, the names of Governor Alexander H. Rice and 
Edward W. Kinsley, the latter a civilian gentleman, without 
oflEicial rank, the friend and trusted confidant of our "War 
Governor," John A. Andrew. 

Post No. 15 had already adopted the name of Governor 
Andrew, and this might have suggested his friend, whose ser- 
vices during the war were important and most honorable, and 
which had never been fittingly recognized. 



THE ORIGIN OF POST NO. 113 7 

Comrades Denny and Attwood of the committee, both warm 
personal friends of Mr. Kinsley, who during the war knew of his 
close touch with President Lincoln, the Secretary of War and 
many members of Congress, and who believed that his name 
would be honorable to the Post and a deserved compliment to one 
who had performed heroic duty to his country in its extremity, 
and to those engaged in defending "Old Glory" when it needed 
defenders, spent several evenings with him at his residence and 
informed him of their wishes. He very strongly objected ; his 
special reason offered was that in his mercantile business he 
might be forced to do some act that would bring discredit upon 
his name. They endeavored to meet his objections by inform- 
ing him that they knew him so well that they and the Post 
would accept all risks of that character; and at last, after a 
discussion extending into the small hours, he gave them per- 
mission to use his name under a quasi-condition, that "if there 
should be no objection and the Post was willing to assume the 
risk that he might do some wicked thing which would make 
them ashamed of him, he would consider what answer to re- 
turn." His name was proposed at the next meeting of the Post 
and unanimously favored. The Commander and Comrades 
Attwood and Tucker were appointed a special committee to 
inform Mr. Kinsley of the action of the Post. Mr. Kinsley's 
consent was granted, and at a subsequent meeting his name 
was unanimously adopted as the name of the Post. 

In recognition of the great honor thus done, as Mr. Kinsley 
deemed it, he presented the Post with a fine portrait of himself, 
handsomely framed. Upon its reception a vote of thanks was 
passed, and in the letter of acknowledgment were these words : — 

"In choosing your name as the name of our Post we intended to 
honorably recognize the services of the loyal citizens of our Republic, 
who, while we did service in the field, worked with a Avill for us and ours, 
and the common cause for which we fought and prayed, made the vic- 
tory at the front bear fruit at the rear, and made it possible for us to 
continue the struggle through the dark days before Gettysburg, Vicks- 
burg, and Five Forks gave us the hght of victory." 

AN UNKNOWN FRIEND 

At this period the Post was surprised to receive from a friend, 
whose name was not given, a magnificently bound copy of the 



8 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G.A. R. 

Holy Bible in which a mark had been placed at the 86th Psalm. 
This gift was accepted and it was voted that the deaths of all 
Comrades of the Post should be duly recorded therein. 

The Chaplain was then escorted to his desk and read aloud 
the whole of the Psalm ; since which time it has been considered 
appropriate that the book should be opened at this Psalm when- 
ever placed upon the Altar at Post meetings. 




WILMON W. BLACKMAR 
Post Commander, 1870 and 1875 
Commander-in-Chief, 1904 1905 



' Eternal sunshine settles on its head." 



CHAPTER III 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy — First Half 

Permanent Organization. A Cavalry Leader. Public Instal- 
lation. Headquarters. Membership. Post Equipment. 
Ceremonies. A Veterans' Club. Finances. Early Activi- 
ties. Soldiers' Aid Fund. Employment Bureau. First 
Decorative Service. First Celebration of Memorial Day 
by Post No. 113. Donations. Excursion to Lowell Island. 

permanent organization 

AT the meeting held December 30, 1869, the Nominating 
Committee presented its report and the following Com- 
rades were nominated and unanimously elected by ballot for 
the first six months : — 

Post Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

Senior Vice-Commander Louis N. Tucker. 

Junior Vice-Commander Solomon Hovey, Jr. 

Adjutant Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Lowell B. Hiscock. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Charles E. Mudge. 

Officer of the Guard Peter J. Rooney. 

Sergeant Major R. E. O'Brien. 

Quartermaster Sergeant J. H. Stevens. 

PUBLIC INSTALLATION 

The account of the first installation of officers is so well 
stated in the Post records of the time that it is given entire : — 

"Headquarters, E. W. Kinsley Encampment, Post No. 113, 
G. A. R., Boston, Jan. 10, 1870. 

"Public Installation of Officers 

"Services conducted by Past Commander Attwood, assisted by 
Comrades Moulton as Adjutant and Hollis as Officer of the Day. 

"The room was crowded A\'ith the friends of Comrades, and the 
Post was honored by the presence of Gov. Clafiin, Lieut. Gov. Tucker, 

9 



10 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

E. W. Kinsley, A. C. Baldwin, and Hon. Thomas Russell, Collector of 
the Port of Boston. After the services were concluded the Com- 
mander delivered his inaugural, which was listened to with marked 
attention. At the close the company adjourned to the Hall of the 
Teachers Institute, where a fine collation had been prepared. The 
evening was enjoyed by all present, who wished the Post success. 

"Aug. N. Sampson, 
"Approved Jan. 17, 1870." "Adjutant. 

The standing Post Committees were as follows: — 

Entertainmen't 
J. Edward Hollis. C. E. Niebuhr. 

L. B. HiscocK. John H. Dee. 

Charles Dodd. George E. Henry. 

Examining 
F. R. Shattuck. C. W. Wilson. 

Albert W. Hersey. 

Finance 
L. B. HiscocK. W. Washburn, Jr. 

Augustine Sanderson. H. S. Perkins. 

Auditing 

Charles S. Seagraves. Silas Sanborn, Jr. 

M. B. Lakeman. 



FIRST HEADQUARTERS 

The organization was completed by the adoption of a full 
code of By-Laws, and headquarters were established at No. 
4 Selwyn Building, 366 Washington Street (old number) at 
a rental of $800 per annum, and Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 
113 took its place among the other Grand Army organizations 
of the city, and entered actively upon the duties and respon- 
sibilities devolving upon it. 

MEMBERSHIP 

The early membership of the Post was composed of men of 
intelligence, independence, and activity — in fact, the flower 
of the Grand Army. 

They were persons having many similar tastes and tendencies 
and seemingly likely to be congenial company. The idea 
originally was to unite a sufficient number of such Veterans to 



PERMANENT ORGANIZATION 11 

make an effective organization, but not so large as to be unso- 
cial or inclined to develop cliques and inharmony. 

By a happy thought the limit of membership was fixed 
at 113, and so continued for the first twenty years with good 
results and to general acceptance. The membership has never 
much exceeded the original limit fixed, so that the fundamental 
idea has been preserved. What this "Little Boston Post" 
has done is a sufficient answer to all criticisms as to alleged 
exclusiveness. 

The Post meetings were at first well attended, and there was 
never lack of initiative. The business was conducted with 
promptness and despatch ; the debates were animated and 
sharp, possibly sometimes parliamentary personal. 

As illustrating the business promptness which prevailed, 
the following extract from the records is given: "On account 
of an unavoidable detention the Adjutant was necessarily 
tardy something like three or four minutes, hence the omission 
of reading report of last regular meeting." 

POST EQUIPMENT 

As to paraphernalia, it was somewhat scant in quantity, 
and what would now be considered rather rude in quality. 
To illustrate : the first altar used consisted of an old round 
sheet-iron stove Avith a flat top, over which was artistically 
draped a dilapidated United States Flag; on this was placed 
the Holy Bible which had been presented to the Post. The 
meeting room was further adorned by a plain round-top table, 
placed near the center, upon which were irregularly strewn 
papers, games, pipes and a large bowl filled with an excellent 
quality of tobacco. Ordinary chairs, a few pictures and a 
"Beautifully Plumed Stuffed Bald Eagle," presented by Quar- 
termaster Hiscock, and the admiration of all beholders, resting 
on a high shelf. 

CEREMONIES 

The aesthetic feelings of those who admire and wish to see 
the ritualistic work of the Order fully exemplified will doubtless 
be shocked at the unconventional system adopted and con- 
tinued by Post No. 113 for some years. Yet it must be remem- 
bered that 1870 was near the War, and the "boys" were slow 



12 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

in taking much extra trouble simply to carry out a mere formal 
ceremony; with one accord they insisted that they had done 
all the marching round they intended to do, and as to carrying 
a musket they emphatically declared in fine army phraseology 
that "they'd be damned if they would." In brief, they said 
"they wanted no 'Flub DuV in theirs." 

At first, and for several years, the initiatory ceremonies 
were divided into three distinct degrees or grades, the candi- 
dates being known at the different stages as "Recruit," "Sol- 
dier" and "Veteran." 

As may well be surmised, the early ceremonies, especially 
as conducted in Post No. 113, were not specially impressive. 
There were no "guards," no "floor work" and no attempt at 
spectacular or solemn effect. 

Imagine the room furnished as described, with the Com- 
rades sitting about the room in delightfully promiscuous 
positions and easy attitudes, with pipes well filled and 
drawing; the Post is called to order, the meeting opened 
"without form," the records read and business promptly 
concluded. 

If a candidate is in attendance, he is introduced without 
ceremony, takes his obligation at the altar, and after brief in- 
structions signs the By-Laws, and all is over. The remainder 
of the evening was spent in social chat and games. The Post 
closing was regularly "without form." 

The usual length of business meetings was from ten to twenty 
minutes and often not over five minutes. Everything was in- 
formal, and good fellowship was the rule. Light refreshments 
were frequently provided, and anon a visit to the adjoining 
room would reveal a nice, choice keg of beer on tap with 
pretzels handy by. 

A veterans' club 

Personal remembrances of Post No. 113, even a dozen years 
after its organization, recall it as more of a fraternal Veterans' 
club than as a formal Grand Army Post of later days. It seemed 
more like a social association of congenial Veterans, which con- 
ducted its business and work with a delightful lack of formal 
restraint ; it was a conference of friends who regarded the or- 
ganization more as a means of developing good fellowship 



PERMANENT ORGANIZATION 13 

than as some wonderful Order for which they were to have an 
abstract affection. 

There also was a something that suggested a sort of splendid 
isolation and independence, while there certainly existed a rare 
degree of genuine comradeship and sincere friendship among 
the membership that has not been exceeded even in later years. 

The regular meetings were a sort of chummy smoke talk 
affairs, maintained for the pleasure of the members and for the 
good they were able to do by united effort. The present solemn 
and stately methods of procedure were the gro\\i:h of later 
days. 

Post No. 113 was unique in its concepts and methods in its 
early beginnings, and has so continued. Its peculiarities have 
many times been observed and mentioned by kindly friends, 
during its career, but always ^^^th approval. 

FINANCES 

One of the first subjects that pressed for attention was the 
financial needs of the Post to meet running expenses and pro- 
vide a relief fund. 

The truth of Ben Franklin's maxim as stated in his " Poor 
Richard," that ''it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright," 
was fully realized, and active measures were taken to fill up the 
bag. 

Pending the collection of dues, it was voted that members be 
requested to loan the Post such sums of money as they could, 
to be subsequently adjusted with the Quartermaster. It seems 
that this was actually clone, as bj^ a later vote the Quarter- 
master was directed to pay back all moneys that had been 
borrowed. Comrades Washburn and Hiscock each advanced 
$100 and afterwards generously donated the full amount to the 
Post. In order to reduce the item of rent, the hall was sublet, 
at the rate of $300 per year, during the daytime, to the De- 
partment, and was used for an office, first by Comrade Solomon 
Hovey, Jr., and later by Henry B. Pierce, Assistant Adjutants- 
General. The membership fee for those coming by transfer 
was fixed at $3, which continued till February 9, 1881, when it 
was increased to $5. About 1885, it was made $10, and some 
years later, after the Death Benefit Fund was established, it 
was further increased to $25, at which sum it has since remained. 



14 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The dues were originally SI per month, payable at the 
Quartermaster's desk; this rate continued to June 1/1871, and 
was then reduced to 50 cents per month, payable quarterly. 
December, 1875, they were made $10 per annum, half payable 
January 1, and half July 1. After July 1, 1876, the dues were 
made payable quarterly, in advance. In January, 1878, they 
were reduced to $6 per annum, in advance, and February 9, 
1881, made payable semi-annually. Subsequently the dues 
were again made $10, payable half in January and half in July 
in advance, at which sum they afterwards remained. 

The fee for muster-in was fixed at $5 ; about 1885, it was 
changed to $10 ; and some years later to $25, which fee there- 
after continued. 

Many schemes were devised to raise money, and something 
was realized on lectures, concerts, and similar entertainments. 
One of the first of these entertainments was a benefit given 
in the Selwyn Theatre, at which the Montgomery Light Guards, 
Company I, 9th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., assisted, 
from which effort $177.15 was netted. 

One course of lectures given at the Post Headquarters brought 
to the treasury $277.41. A number of very excellent musicales 
were given from time to time, but the net proceeds were not 
large. 

Similar efforts were continued for some years with varying 
results. But the bulk of all moneys received by the Post during 
its whole existence has come directly from membership dues 
and donations. The first donation received was from Governor 
Alexander H. Rice and collected by Comrade Augustine San- 
derson. 

Comrade Attwood was the most successful collector during 
the first few years. The very first year he raised over $600 by 
his individual effort. Comrade Sanderson reported in April, 
1870, that he had obtained subscriptions for $100, toward the 
expenses of " Memorial Day"; others also aided in the same 
line. 

The finances of the Post for the first few years were fairly 
good by reason of the constant and unremitting exertions of 
Comrades Attwood, Mollis, Hiscock, Sanborn, Sampson, San- 
derson and others, and the expenditures for charity and general 
purposes started off on a liberal scale. 



PERMANENT ORGANIZATION 15 

The following rather indefinite motion relating to the finances 
was made and carried June 13, 1870, viz. : — 

"Resolved: That the Quartermaster of this Post be authorized 
to borrow for such purposes as he may deem fit from the funds now in 
his possession, if they are not needed for the immediate necessities 
for which they have been obtained." 

EARLY ACTIVITIES 

No organization ever started out with a more active, earnest 
and aggressive membership. Something was proposed or ac- 
tually doing all the time. 

The regular meetings were held each Monday evening ; later 
in the year it was voted to devote two evenings each month 
to business and two to amusenlents. 

By an early rule no visitors were allowed to be present at 
any meeting while Post business was being transacted. 

soldiers' aid fund 

."Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, 
And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side." 

A subject which caused much planning, discussion and time 
was an ambitious attempt, made in connection with the other 
Boston Posts, — except Post No. 15, — to raise a general fund 
for the relief of needy soldiers and their families ; each Post 
appointed a committee. Comrade J. Edward Hollis being 
Chairman of the committee of Post No. 113. Numerous 
meetings of the general committee were held and weekly reports 
submitted by the several Posts for discussion. An elaborate 
scheme was adopted to hold a grand fair in Music Hall, by 
which it was confidently expected a large sum would be realized. 
They even adopted plans to fund and handle by Trustees all 
money netted in excess of $20,000. Each Post was to receive 
from the income $500 annually. IMonths were devoted to dis- 
cussing and perfecting the details, but just as it was about to 
be formally launched it was discovered that a similar fair had 
been well advanced by the friends of the New England Hospital 
for women and children, and that the active aid of numbers 
of the best citizens had already been secured, whereupon the 
undertaking was regretfully abandoned and never resumed. 



16 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 

An attempt was later made to establish a joint bureau for 
furnishing Comrades with employment, but it did not succeed. 

They next considered the subject of a bureau for affording 
relief; this also was found impracticable unless aided in some 
way by the State ; it was not brought about. These efforts, 
however, indicate the feeling and spirit of fraternal helpfulness 
which was characteristic of this period. 

FIRST DECORATIVE SERVICE 

The first Memorial Decoration attempted by Post No. 113 
as a Post, was when the members took teams and went to 
Weston, Massachusetts, and decorated the grave of Comrade 
Charles L. Roberts and other soldiers' graves in the same town. 

The first printed slip for decorative exercises issued by the 
Post was headed : — 

EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Boston, Mass. 

"Strew Flowers Where They Sleep." 
By Dexter Smith. 
Air. — " Aw/d Lang Syne.'" 

Then followed the poem of five verses. The first verse, 
and the refrain which was repeated after each verse, was as 
follows : — 

"Strew flowers where our heroes sleep, 
The beautiful and brave, 
Their mem'ry sacred we will keep 
Who died our flag to save ! 

Refrain: "They died our flag to save, 

Our flag to save. 
We'll ne'er forget the braves who died 
Our flag to save !" 

FIRST MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES 

The first occasion upon which the Post appeared in public 
was in connection with the "Decoration Day" observances, 
May 30. 

Upon invitation arrangements were made to parade with 
Posts Nos. 7, 26 and 32, — Post No. 15 refused to unite with the 



PERMANENT ORGANIZATION 17 

others and paraded alone. Comrade Blackmar was selected as 
Chief Marshal. 

Post No. 113 appropriated $200 for flowers, engaged Gilmore's 
Band, procured guidons, small flags and a ribbon badge for each 
member. The Orpheus Musical Society volunteered to accom- 
pany the Post and provide suitable music. Mr. J. H. Hilton 
supplied the necessary horses and a wagon, together with his 
OAvn services. 

A stand of National and State colors were loaned by Colonel 
Harrington of the 7th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M. Messrs, 
Ross and Morris donated flowers, and a goodly sum of money 
was obtained by subscriptions. The Post was honored bj^ hav- 
ing as its guests Governor Claflin and Postmaster W. L. Burt. 

The ceremonies of the day took place at Forest Hills Cemeterj-, 
the four Posts carrying out the exercises in an impressive man- 
ner. Refreshments were provided by Post No. 26. Upon 
returning, Post No. 113 was very courteously entertained and 
given a collation by the Orpheus Musical Society at its 
headquarters. 

DONATIONS 

From time to time various gifts were received. Mr. Kinsley 
sent a carte-de-visite of himself to each member; also several 
magazines. Messrs. Pollard and Leighton donated six volumes 
of the Army and Naval Journal ; another friend gave an assort- 
ment of games, and numerous other pleasant tokens of good- 
\v\\l came in. 

The first six months were largely taken up with the ordinary 
routine and the reception of new members — mostly admitted 
on transfer from Post No. 15. 

The first term was well concluded by an excursion of the 
Post to Lowell Island, in which the ladies and friends enjoyed 
a day's outing and sail. 



CHAPTER IV 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy — Second Half 

Under the Same Leader. First Post Funeral. Origin of 
Term "Camp Fire." Membership at End of First Year Sixty- 
four. A Touching Incident. Post No. 113 advocates a Sol- 
diers' AND Sailors' Monument. Sketch of General Wilmon 
W. Blackmar, the First Commander. 

under the same leader 

THE new board of officers for the second half year, again 
headed by Commander Blackmar, was publicly installed 
by Past Commander Charles H. Hovey, viz. : — 

Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

Senior Vice-Commander J. Edward Mollis. 

Junior Vice-Commander F. R. Shattuck. 

Adjutant Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Lowell B. Hiscock. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Peter J. Rodney. 

Officer of the Guard George A. Sawin. 

Sergeant Major R. E. O'Brien. 

Quartermaster Sergeant J. H. Stevens. 

FIRST POST FUNERAL 

As heretofore mentioned, Comrade Gwinn was the first mem- 
ber lost, but there is no record that the Post attended his ob- 
sequies, though suitable resolutions were adopted and spread 
on the records. 

The second Comrade to pass onward was Charles L. Roberts, 
in October. The Boston Journal published a somewhat lengthy 
account of his funeral, from which the following extract is 
quoted : — 

" Post No. 113 and delegations from five other Posts of the G. A. R., 
together with Colonel Fox and a detail from the 55th Massachusetts 
Regiment Association assembled at the residence of Commander 
Blackmar in Boston, and took coaches for Weston. Arriving at the 

18 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 19 

house, the body was taken in charge by Post No. 113, and a procession 
formed which marched with muffled drums to the church, where 
services were held, and thence to the cemetery, where the touching and 
impressive funeral rites of the G. A. R. were performed. 

"Comrade Casinay of Post No. 15, Adjutant Sampson of Post No. 
113, and Comrade Trotter of the 55th Regiment, acted as first, second, 
and third Comrades in the ser^dce ; Comrade J. Waldo Denny acted 
as Chaplain. A large concourse of citizens from Weston and the 
surrounding country filled the church to overflowing and witnessed the 
ceremonies at the cemetery. 

"A brief eulogy was pronounced by Commander Blackmar, in which 
he touched upon the services of the deceased comrade, his character 
as a man and a soldier, closing with the remark that the most fitting 
and proper eulogy, and the highest tribute for a soldier to utter at the 
grave of a soldier was, 'He has done his whole duty.' " 

Appropriate resolutions were subsequently adopted and en- 
tered on the Post records, 

A TOUCHING INCIDENT 

In connection with the sickness of Comrade Roberts, a very- 
touching and tender incident took place a short time before 
his death. The Post at his request visited his home and re- 
hearsed, under the window of his room and within his hearing, 
the full burial service of the Grand Army, and afterwards all 
Comrades present quietly filed into Comrade Roberts' chamber, 
and each took his hand and bid him a last farewell. It was a 
very affecting incident and probably the only time a similar 
incident has ever occurred. 

CAMP FIRES 

Much discussion was held during the latter portion of the 
year upon the subject of getting out larger meetings. Some 
advocated more games and amusements; others thought too 
many meetings were held ; while still others were sure a remedy 
would be found by booming up the search for new recruits. 
It finally resolved itself into holding a series of social Assemblies 
at which one and another "shouldered his crutch and showed 
how fields were won." Friends were invited to attend, and soon 
they became exceedingly popular. 

To specially designate these reminiscent assemblies, the 
Post originated the name "Camp Fire." This name seemed 



20 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

so appropriate and catchy, and the meetings themselves proving 
so successful, other Posts took up the idea and held similar 
assemblies, calling them by the same name. The designation 
quickly spread throughout the Grand Army, and "Camp 
Fire" came to mean almost any assembly of Comrades where 
song, story or address recalled the scenes of camp, field or ship. 
To Post No. 113, however, belongs the honor of first origi- 
nating and using the term "Camp Fire" to designate social and 
reminiscent meetings of comrades of the G. A. R. 

RESOLUTION FOR A SOLDIERs' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT 

In November a resolution was passed and sent to the Board 
of Aldermen favoring the erection by the city of a Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Monument on the Common. Posts Nos. 7, 23, and 32 
indorsed the resolution. Post No. 15 declined to take any 
action on the ground that "it was something in no way con- 
nected with the Grand Army of the Republic," while Post No. 26 
declined to act because "the former City of Roxbury had al- 
ready erected a Soldiers' Monument at Forest Hills Cemetery." 

MEMBERSHIP 

The total new members uniting with Post No. 113 the first year, 

mostly by transfer, was 50 

Charter and other members uniting at time of organization . . 1^ 

66 

Lost by the last roll call _2 

Number of members, December 31, 1870 64 

WILMON WHILLDIN BLACKMAR 

Service, Ci\nl War. 15th Penn. Cavalry. Private ; Corporal : Ser- 
geant ; 1st Sergeant. 
1st W. Va. Cavalry. 2d Lieutenant ; Captain. 

Service, M. V. M. Judge Advocate-General for ten years on the 
Staffs of Governors Washburn, Talbot, Rice 
and Long. 

"And thus this man died, lea\'ing his death for an example of a 
noble courage and a memorial of virtue, not only unto .young men, 
but unto all his nation." — II Mac. vi. 31. 

Comrade Blackmar, the first Commander of Edward W. 
Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R., and for over thirty-five years a 
zealous champion and earnest worker for the organization, was 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 21 

born at Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of New England 
parentage, July 25, 1841. He came to Boston early in life, and 
this remained his home up to the time of his death. His educa- 
tion was obtained in the Brimmer School of Boston, the Bridge- 
water Normal School and Phillips Exeter Academy, entering 
the latter institution in the fall of 1861, intending to take a 
collegiate course at Harvard. 

But the student Blackmar could not restrain his patriotic 
ardor, and, throwing his books aside, returned to his native 
State and enlisted as a private in Company K, 15th Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, August 23, 1862. For meritorious service 
at the battle of Antietam he was promoted to corporal, and in 
rapid succession passed through the other non-commissioned 
grades to Orderly Sergeant of his company. 

March 15, 1864, Sergeant Blackmar received his commission 
as Second Lieutenant in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, one of 
Custer's famous regiments which took part in many bold and 
successful raids under the leadership of General Sheridan. 

He joined his new regiment at Martinsburg, West Virginia, 
and was assigned to Company H, of which he at once took 
command in the absence of his Captain on sick leave and the 
First Lieutenant on detail as Adjutant. 

Young Blackmar's devotion to duty and mastery of military 
tactics soon placed him on staff duty, which service was con- 
tinued to the end of the war. 

He served both in the eastern and western armies, on the staffs 
of Colonel James M. Schoonmaker and Generals William H. 
Powell and Henry Capehart, who commanded brigades and di- 
visions under General Custer and General Sheridan. 

For distinguished services at the battle of Five Forks, April 
1, 1865, he was promoted to a captaincy on the field by General 
Custer. 

Subsequently Congress granted him a medal of honor for 
"distinguished gallantry in action." 

He took part in twenty-two actions ; among them, Antietam, 
Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary' Ridge, Chattanooga, 
Lookout Mountain, the Shenandoah Valley campaigns, the 
engagements around Richmond and around Petersburg, Sailors 
Creek and Appomattox Court House. He was present at the 
famous conference between Generals Grant and Lee when 



22 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

terms of capitulation were signed, and the chair in which Gen- 
eral Grant sat at this historic meeting was turned over to him 
and carried on horseback to camp for General Capehart. The 
"Grant Chair" was afterwards taken to North Dakota and 
remained for many years in General Capehart's possession. 
Later, he presented the chair to General Blackmar, who retained 
it in his possession as a prize souvenir of the great War. By his 
will the relic was donated to the Smithsonian Institution at 
Washington, D.C., and it may now be seen in the National 
Museum, enclosed in a glass case near the other relics of General 
Grant. 

With the close of the War Captain Blackmar received his hon- 
orable discharge from the army, dated July 8, 1865. He soon 
after returned to Boston and entered the Harvard Law School, 
from which he graduated June, 1868, receiving the degree of 
LL.B. The following July he was admitted to the Suffolk 
bar and at once commenced the practice of his profession. 
His specialty was the care of estates and management of trust 
property, in which his thorough honesty, business and legal 
ability were soon recognized, and which later brought to him 
substantial remuneration and well-deserved honor. 

Comrade Blackmar commenced his Grand Army experience 
as a member of John A. Andrew Post No. 15, of Boston, and be- 
came one of the little company to organize Post No. 113. Like 
Comrades Denny and Attwood, he did not become a charter 
member, but came in at the first meeting for organization, with 
others, as heretofore mentioned. 

He was then in his twenty-ninth year and had just commenced 
to secure some business as one of the struggling lawyers of the 
city ; he was not blessed with any surplus of this world's goods 
at this time, but he had a winning way, a magnetic personality, 
energy and a splendid war record. It is not at all remarkable 
that his Comrades should select him to command the new 
Post. There is no doubt but what Comrade Blackmar was 
devotedly in love with his association, and during all the years 
following gave his best thought and efforts to the upbuilding 
and standing of the Post. 

He was reelected Commander in July, 1870, and faithfully 
attended all meetings and functions of the Post during the year. 
For reasons not necessary to be here mentioned, at the earnest 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 23 

request of his Comrades he again assumed the office of Com- 
mander and served through the year 1873. The office of Com= 
mander was the only executive office he ever held in the Post, 
but he was always a constant attendant on its meetings up to 
the time of his death, and was the one above all others to be 
selected to represent the Post upon all public or important oc- 
casions. His influence was probably greater than any other 
single member, and his leadership was ever acknowledged. 

He was chosen the sole Trustee of the Post Relief Fund, 
in 1876; after the fund had become larger and the calls for 
charity had become more numerous, a board of three Trustees 
was chosen, of which he was a member, and its Chairman after 
1899. It is not too much to say that to his business ability, 
activity and caution the Post is in a large degree indebted 
for the accumulation of money which now is and hereafter will 
be devoted to the relief of poor and needy Comrades and their 
widows and orphans. 

To attempt to enumerate all of the many things he did and 
the positions filled in connection with the Post's activities 
would be impossible ; suffice it to say that he was ever ready 
to do all he could for the Post, and as Toast-master at dinners, 
Orator on Memorial Day or as a member of some committee 
"with full powers," his life connection with the Post was ever 
a source of admiration, strength and helpfulness. No great 
function of the Post was ever complete without his presence 
and his cheery voice. 

Comrade Blackmar's home life was ideally happy. On 
November 17, 1880, he was married to Helen R., daughter of 
John R. and Caroline (Sayles) Brewer, who has survived him, 
and is esteemed not only for what she has done, in connection 
with her husband, for the Grand Army generally, but especially 
as a long- and well-tried friend of Post No. 113. 

Comrade Blackmar in business and social affairs was held 
in high esteem ; he was a member of the Union Club, the Boston 
Art Club, the Loyal Legion, the Masonic fraternity and other 
social bodies. For ten years he was Judge Advocate-General 
of Massachusetts, with rank of Brigadier-General, on the staffs 
of Governors Washburn, Talbot, Rice and Long, and as such 
officer was Chairman of the military board for the examination 
and qualifying officers commissioned in the Massachusetts 



24 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Volunteer Militia during that period. His only elective politi- 
cal office was as a member of the Boston Common Council. 

Prior to 1900 no member of the Post had ever aspired to 
either of the first three elective offices in this Department of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. Comrade Blackmar had been 
elected many times as a representative to the National En- 
campment, in which he took a prominent part, had served two 
terms on the National Council of Administration, was Chairman 
of two pension committees and had served as Department Judge 
Advocate. 

In 1900 he was chosen Junior Vice-Department Com- 
mander; in 1901 Senior Vice-Department Commander and 
in 1902 Department Commander. In each of these instances 
his candidacy was loyally and effectively supported by Post 113. 
He proved a tower of strength to the Department administra- 
tion in every position which he filled. 

His visits to the different Posts brought him into close touch 
with the Comrades throughout the State, and its effect in deepen- 
ing and cementing his love for the Grand Army was noteworthy 
and most remarkable. 

The love which he always bore for his own Post seemed to 
enlarge and expand until it took in the whole membership of 
the Department ; and, quite as unusual, there seemed to rise 
up a great wave of enthusiasm and affection for him personally 
in the hearts of Comrades whom he met. 

Post No. 113, however, knowing his record in war and peace, 
believed him peculiarly fitted for the highest honor, that of 
Commander-in-Chief. With characteristic force and skill 
they caused the subject of his elevation to the supreme com- 
mand to be brought before the Department at its Annual 
Encampment in 1904, with the result that he was unani- 
mously indorsed for that position, and the delegates of the 
Department directed to use all proper means to have him 
chosen at the National Encampment to be held in Boston in 
August of that year. 

How well the wishes of the Post and the Department were 
carried out, his unanimous election by that great National 
Assembly of Veterans representing nearly every State in the 
Union fully attests. His sincere appreciation of this great 
honor may be best judged by his owti Avords : — 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 25 

"This is an office which dies with the Grand Army, and which can- 
not be perpetuated. For this reason it is, in my opinion, the most 
honorable office to which any man can aspire, and the announcement 
of my election to it marked the proudest moment of my life." 

How well and faithfully he carried out his ideal of the trust 
reposed in him by this position is known by all his Comrades, 
Space does not permit the recording of a tithe of all he did and 
was to us and to the organization for which he actually and 
freely gave his love, his strength, his life. 

Commander-in-Chief Blackmar was called home at Boise, 
Idaho, July 16, 1905, while engaged in attempting to officially 
visit every Department of the Grand Army during his official 
term of one year, in addition to performing all the usual and 
weighty duties of his position. 

His body, accompanied by his family and by representatives 
of Post No. 113 and other Grand Army Comrades, was brought 
to Boston. Every State and city through which it passed 
paid tribute to his memory. On Sunday, July 23, the body, 
guarded by his Comrades of Post No. 113 and wrapped in the 
National Flag, lay in state at the State House in the Hall of 
Flags, wherein are deposited those sacred relics of valor, the 
battle-scarred flags of the Massachusetts Volunteers, carried 
during that great War in which he took so noble and gallant a 
part over forty years before. The floral tributes were beauti- 
ful and in profusion. No greater honor could be paid to a 
soldier than was accorded him. 

After his remains had been viewed by thousands of all classes 
who flocked to do his memory honor, his body was borne by a 
delegation of the Sons of Veterans to the funeral procession 
formed on Beacon Street, in front of the State House. The 
escort was headed by a platoon of mounted police, and after 
them came the Department Commander and staff and honorary 
staff; thirty-four Posts of the G. A. R. ; Sons of Veterans; 
Company K, 5th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., of Hingham ; 
]Medal of Honor Legion ; Massachusetts National Aides to Com- 
mander-in-Chief ; General John R. King, the new Commander- 
in-Chief of the Grand Army ; Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, 
of Boston, as guard of honor ; Commander Ephraim B. Stillings 
and staff; First Company, under Senior Vice-Commander 
Charles B. Amory; "Old Glory," Headquarters Flag of the 



26 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

G. A. R., Troop D, Cavalry Outriders ; Past Commanders of Post 
No. 113; Hearse; Massachusetts State Flag; eight Sons of 
Veterans as body bearers ; Second Company of Post No. 113, un- 
der Junior Vice-Commander William H. Ruddick ; Pall-bearers 
in carriages — Lieutenant-Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., represent- 
ing the Commonwealth ; Mayor P. A. Collins, representing the 
city ; Colonel William M. Olin, representing the Grand Army of 
the Republic ; General Charles K. Darling, representing the 
Sons of Veterans ; Colonel Stephen M. Crosby, representing 
the Second Church ; Grand Master Baalis Sanford, representing 
the Masonic order ; General Embury P. Clark, representing the 
militia ; ex-Governor John D. Long, representing the town of 
Hingham ; ex-Governor John L. Bates, representing the Kins- 
ley Associates ; Judge Henry N. Sheldon, representing the 
Suffolk bar ; Paul H. Kendricken, representing the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion ; General James M. Schoonmaker, 
representing the Medal of Honor Legion ; James P. Stearns, 
representing the Shawmut National Bank ; Charles B. Barnes, 
representing the Nantasket Steamboat Company; Major 
Edward J. Jones, representing Kinsley Post No. 113 and ex- 
Governor J. Q. A. Brackett, representing the Middlesex Club. 

ROXBURY GUARD OUTRIDERS 

Troop D, First Battalion Cavalry, M. V. M., Roxhury 

Music was furnished by Carter's Band of Boston, the American 
Watch Company's Band of Waltham and numerous Drum Corps. 

The Procession moved to the Second Unitarian Church, 
Copley Square, via Beacon, Arlington and Boylston streets, 
where simple but impressive services were held. Rev. Dr. 
Edward A. Horton, Chaplain of Post No. 113 and former min- 
ister of this church, delivered a touching eulogy, and in connec- 
tion therewith read an original poem appropriate to the solemn 
occasion. The exercises were concluded by the burial services 
of the Grand Army rendered by Comrades of the Post. 

His body was then taken to Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorches- 
ter, escorted by a detachment of the Roxbury Horse Guards, 
where, in the presence of his family. Comrades of Post No. 113 
and his immediate relatives and friends, the last sad rites of a 
soldier's burial were ended with the bugle's long farewell. 




REV. EDWARD A. HORTON 
Post Chaplain, 1885 to 1914 inclusive 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 27 



CHAPLAIN HORTON's EULOGY 

Traits which made General Blackmar a brave warrior and a 
noble citizen : — 

"The tokens, the appearance of this assembly, speak of patriotism 
and of war, but yet we are here to remember one who knew that the 
white dove of peace must perch at last on victorious banners. 

"Our friend did love the sound of war, but for him the voice of the 
cannon held not the attraction which he found in representing the 
rights of manhood and in furthering the cause of humanity. 

"The true patriot, and he was that, has a sympathetic imagination 
and a tender heart. 

"We are able to look back and realize that he was a man possessing 
intensity of judgment and a noble nature. 

"Fired with Enthusiasm 

"He had also that which we are glad to share, one with another, the 
fire of enthusiasm, unabated by passing years. 

"Emerson said: 'Nothing great was ever achieved wdthout enthu- 
siasm.' 

"We remember our departed Comrade as a man whose charming 
personalities were linked with the majesty of a great character. Only 
with such sterling qualities can one hope to win the laurel wreath. 

"He oft expressed a desire to pass on in the full vigor of life, or, to use 
an everyday term, to 'die in the harness.' 

"And so it happened. 

" For one, I can see in it just what he could wish. 

"Mortal flesh bleeds with wounds of sorrow, but timely reflection 
brings a calm. 

"On the pathways of peace he was ever seeking his task, never wait- 
ing for things to shape themselves. 

"He believed in true friendship. If he trusted in a man, he believed 
in him thoroughly. By him the links of friendship were ever kept 
brightly burnished. Such a trait is an inspiration for the brother who 
has entered in life's downward course. 

"That friendship is worth little which must be tested every day by 
word or letter. 

"Friendship is a deep well. When you pass it, be sure that when 
you come to it again you will find it sweet and inviting. 

"That kind of loyalty characterized our friend. Years of separa- 
tion did not diminish a whit his affection. 

"Another of his traits was continual cheerfulness. 

"On how many occasions has he found opportunity of saying or 
doing something to make the heart light and wTeathe the sober face 
in smiles. Often have I seen him put a song on lips of anguish. 



28 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

" His Military Career 

"His military career embraces three great epochs. When Sumter's 
guns sounded the opening of the war, he entered the cavalry, a youth, 
and went forth to fight for the land he loved. 

"The second came when, as a climax of brave deeds, he was made 
Captain on the field of battle. It was indeed a great honor. 

"In this very city was furnished the third epoch with his election 
by popular acclamation to the office of Commander-in-Chief of that 
great resource of patriotism of citizenship — the Grand Army of the 
Republic. 

"He deeply felt the responsibility which the honor carried, and 
labored untiringly that the many duties might be faithfully performed. 

"Obstacles which arose deterred him not, and even when severe 
illness threatened, he started West that the little G. A. R. Post in far- 
off Alaska might receive tidings from their Comrades. 

"But fulfilment of the mission was not to be, for, when about half- 
way on the journey, he passed peacefully away. 

"And in answering the call of duty he performed a sacrifice, which I 
believe to have been almost knowingly undergone. 

"Twenty-five years ago I officiated at his marriage. Together we 
have passed through many chapters of experience and to me this is 
not a public service. 

"With tenderness and fidelity did he disregard personal interests 
that his aged father and mother might have comfort. 

."And to the last he retained this domestic devotion. 

"This shall be the final word. We of Post No. 113 loved him, the 
Department officers have evidenced their appreciation of the man, 
and the National representatives have come to testify regard for the 
citizen who had risen to a position of worthy leader. 

"Nothing has touched me more in the past week than the evidence 
of the true love which had sprung up with his devotion to Grand Army 
affairs in the far remote sections of the country. 

"It is truly significant to see those who have been Governors of 
States, those high in life and those from the bench, gather at railroad 
stations with the one purpose of expressing regard for the man who 
had won their hearts. 

"He was a man who believed in serving instead of being served." 

CHAPLAIN HORTON's POEM IN EULOGY OF GENERAL BLACKMAR 

"Souls do not die ; 
Their spheres are changed. 
In this great universe they come and go. 
Not at our bidding is this wondrous plan 
Made the fit servant of revolving years, 
But God, the merciful, and God, the good, 
Orders a destiny that moves the world. 



UNDER THE SAME LEADER 29 

"He was our friend, so true and strong. 
Yet tender-hearted in the dear delights of life, 
And still we hear his hearty voice that sent 
The tones of friendship straight into the heart ; 
Yes ! Times shall tell full often to our love 
The message he has taught us well. 
And in such service our richest blessings he. 
Deep memories of by-gone scenes and days. 

"That voice so kind had sounded stern command 
When battle song and fierce contending ranks 
Poured crimson carnage upon the fields of death, 
Laurels of merit crowned his valiant deeds 
And public praise gave honor to his name, 
Yet we who knew him best. 
Held dearest old familiar ways 
In which his free, glad spirit was at home. 

"The ways of comradeship and cheer, 
The ways of simple service we hold dear ; 
The common priceless things so near 
To every round of duty in the year, 
How can we honor him ? 
How best remember him ? 
Has he no word for us. Comrades and friends ? 

"Yes, by the love we hold. 
By the hope forever bold. 
The faith of things to be ; 
This is his word to me. 
Draw closer, Comrades, in Hfe's march 
And keep the ranks in solid Hne ; 
The havoc of the wasting years 
No one shall from our acts divine. 

"We were the beardless boys 
Who went with hearts aglow to save our land ; 
We are the ones to give to-day 
For home and flag the loyal hand. 
Supreme our faith and just our cause ; 
Through us the world secured new light. 
A love of freedom filled the earth 
With longing for the reign of might. 

"Rare gift of time, the chance to serve 
To help our country in sore need. 
Our grateful hearts recall with pride 
Each kindling thought or daring deed ; 



30 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

'March toward the West, O Comrades mine ! 
I point the way, I lead you there ! 
The golden glory of great days 
Shines glorious in the vista fair.' 

"These are the words he seems to say. 
As in our midst he lingers long. 
Our listening joy transfigures pain 
And turns our sighing into song. 
We cannot think of him as dead, 
For hfe abundant crowned his years ; 
The radiance of his cheerful soul 
Dispels our grief and stays our tears. 

"Good-by, brave leader, we have heard 
Your words of courage as of yore ; 
Good-by, but leave that influence here 
Which shall have fruitage more and more : 
Good morning. Comrade, yours the realm 
Where faithful spirits take new life 
Good morning 'tis for us to say 
When we are through with mortal strife." 

Among the excellent biographical sketches of Commander-in- 
Chief Blackmar that have been written, was one by Captain 
A. A. Gleason, a "Kinsley Associate," and published in the 
Bulletin of Phillips Exeter Academy, and another by his Ad- 
jutant-General Comrade John E. Oilman, and published in 
the Journal of the Thirty-ninth National Encampment. 

!'Not dead, but only promoted. 
He hath entered the Order above. 
And there 'neath the smiles of the Master 
He will finish his labors of love." 




J. BD^WARD HOLLIS 
Post Commander, 1871 and 1876 



CHAPTER V 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy-one — First Half 

The First Naval Commander. First National Encampment in 
Boston. Resignation of Commander Mollis. Presentation 
OF Flag. Observance of Memorial Days by Post No. 113. 
Memorial Day Services at Boston and Lexington. Edward W. 
Kinsley, Orator. Sketch of Commander J. Edward Mollis. 

the first naval commander 

THE second year opened with the installation by Commander 
Blackmar of J. Edward Hollis, a naval veteran, as Com- 
mander, and a full Board of Officers. 

Commander J. Edward Mollis. 

Senior Vice-Commander F. R. Shattuck. 

Junior Vice-Commandee William Emerson. 

Adjutant William Washburn, Jr. 

Quartermaster Lowell B. Miscock. 

Surgeon Dr. J. H. Warren. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Augustine Sanderson. 

Officer of the Guard Albert W. Mersey. 

Sergeant Major M. A. Sylvester. 

Quartermaster Sergeant J. M. Stevens. 

THE INAUGURAL 

Upon taking command. Commander Hollis delivered his "in- 
augural" and it was so highly appreciated that he was requested 
to furnish the Adjutant with a copy to be placed upon the rec- 
ords. As this address does not appear, undoubtedly the Com- 
mander's modesty prevented it being done. Those who knew 
his genial manner, forensic abilities and erudition can well under- 
stand that a gem has been thereby lost to the Post armals. 

The first recruit of the year was Franklin G. Bixby, who was 
shortly after appointed Adjutant to fill a vacancy. The roll 
of the Post was also increased by a goodly number of other 
Comrades. 

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32 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

A course of lectures was already under way, and the following, 
delivered in March, will indicate their general character : — 

"55th Mass. Regt. at Charleston." . . By Col. Charles B. Fox. 

"Prison Pens of the South." By Gen. Horace C. Lee. 

"War — God's Missionary." .... By Col. Carroll D. Wright. 

"California." (Repeated by request.) . . By Edward W. Kinsley. 

An extract from a circular issued at this time is quite sugges- 
tive of the activities then taking place. To quote : — 

"The first lecture of our Thursday Evening course was, as you 
are doubtless aware, a great success in every respect ; and your atten- 
tion is particularly called to the remaining lectures which will be given 
in our hall. 

"The next 'Camp Fire' will be held on Monday Evening, March 
1.3th, to which members are at liberty to invite their gentlemen friends. 
Don't forget to send to the entertainment committee papers giving 
your army or navy experience, and any other amusing and instructive 
matter which you may see fit to contribute. 

"We are closing up our financial affairs very satisfactorily, and 
comrades who are unable to attend the meetings will please pay the 
collector promptly when called upon and thereby assist the Quarter- 
master in discharging the outstanding debt of the Post, which we hope 
to pay off in fuU with the proceeds of the lectures. As soon as prac- 
ticable the assessments will be reduced. Bring in the recruits before 
Decoration Day, so that we may make a good appearance upon our 
annual parade." 

Among the many friends of the Post who aided in enlivening 
the "Camp Fires," none were more welcome than William E. 
Sheridan, afterwards a member, who by his songs and recita- 
tions added greatly to their attractiveness. It was not a rare 
occurrence for the members to go into the theatre after a meet- 
ing, and when the performance was over to return with the 
actors to the headquarters, where, metaphorically speaking, 
there was — 

"Midnight shout and revelry. 
Tipsy dance and jollity," 

continued into the wee small hours. 

These reminiscent memories are dear to those who experienced 
them, though long years have passed, bringing new scenes and 
changed events, as Emerson said : — 

"Because the Soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in 
every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole." 



THE FIRST NAVAL COMMANDER 33 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

The first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the 
Republic in Boston was held May 10 and 11, 1871, General 
John A. Logan being Commander-in-Chief. Arrangements were 
made by the Boston Posts upon what then seemed a liberal 
scale, the general committee having an even $500 in cash to 
use all for purposes. 

Meagre as this sum seems as compared with the many thou- 
sands expended on later Encampments, it must be remembered 
that this was a period of general decline in the Grand Army, 
the Organization was distrusted and somewhat unpopular. 
The total membership had already fallen from two hundred and 
forty thousand to about thirty thousand. 

The Encampment attracted few visitors, the small unosten- 
tatious parade by the Boston Posts had slight interest for the 
public. The Boston Comrades did the best they could in the 
way of entertainment and courtesies. Post No. 113 joined in 
the parade and performed its full share toward making the 
occasion agreeable for the National officers and delegates. 

The delegates met at John A. Andrew Hall, where the business 
was transacted. During the two days, visits were made to 
Bunker Hill, the forts in the harbor and to other points of his- 
torical interest, and a banquet was given in Faneuil Hall. 

RESIGNATION OF COMMANDER HOLLIS 

Arrangements had already been made by the Post to fittingly 
observe Memorial Day, and the committee had exceeded their 
expectations in obtaining subscriptions, when on May 15 
Commander HoUis unexpectedly sent in his resignation on ac- 
count of continued sickness with which he had been suffering 
for some time. His resignation was reluctantly accepted and 
sympathetic resolutions adopted. 

Senior Vice-Commander Shattuck efficiently served as Acting 
Commander through the remainder of the term. 

PRESENTATION OF FLAG 

The Post still had many good friends who continued to pre- 
sent various articles from time to time. Hon. Harvey Jewell 
donated two volumes of the Records of Massachusetts Volun- 



34 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

teers, and on the evening of May 29 after the business meeting, 
a company of ladies entered the hall bearing a beautiful United 
States Flag, which was presented, as the records have it, "in a 
neat speech by Miss Lillian Edgarton." Acting Commander 
Shattuck, responding, accepted the Flag. After speeches by 
Mr. Edward W. Kinsley and Comrades Blackmar and Attwood, 
all hands proceeded to "Mrs. Mayers," for refreshments. 
Quartermaster Hiscock did the honors, stating that the entire 
company were his invited guests. Mrs. L. B. Hiscock, it seems, 
had been the prime mover in obtaining the Flag. It was, of 
course, much prized by the Post. 

OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAYS BY POST NO. 113 

Post No. 113, not desiring to interfere with the usual custom 
of the older Posts in the City in their Memorial Day observances, 
which were usually held at the large cemeteries in the suburbs, 
decided to take up the special duty of decorating the graves of 
all soldiers buried in the city proper, and the graves of all Com- 
rades of the Post wherever located. The city proper burial 
grounds consisted of the one on the Common, the Granary, 
King's Chapel and Copp's Hill. 

To this was added the decoration of all statues and me- 
morial tablets erected in the several churches, schoolhouses 
or public buildings. After 1877 the exercises also included a 
service at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common. 
A more formal service with music, addresses, etc., was usually 
given at some church or public auditorium. This custom of 
the Post was afterward continued. In referring to these cele- 
brations upon the recurring Memorial Days, it will therefore be 
understood that the full plan as laid down was faithfully per- 
formed, though a detailed mention of the same is omitted. 

Only the more important events and additions to the services 
are therefore chronicled. 

MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30 

The Post assembled at headquarters at 9 a.m., uniformed in 
dark clothes, forage caps, white gloves, belts and Post ribbon 
badges. With the Taunton Brass Band, and carrying the new 
Flag presented the evening before, each member having a hand 



THE FIRST NAVAL COMMANDER 35 

bouquet provided at his own expense, they undertook the duties 
of the day. The full programme as voted was faithfully per- 
formed. 

AT LEXINGTON 

In the afternoon the Post, by invitation, performed the deco- 
rative services at Lexington, according to the order printed in 
a small circular, of which the following is a copy. 

" Decoration Day at Lexington 

" Tuesday, May 30, 1871. 
"Post No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, with the Taunton 
Brass Band, leaving Boston by special train at 1 o'clock, will be provided 
on arrival with a collation at the Town Hall. 

"Order of Proceedings by the Post 

"1. March to the Common. 

"2. Decoration of the Tablets at the Memorial Hall. 

"3. March to the Cemetery, escorting the Citizens. 

"4. Address at the Cemetery by Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., of 
Boston. 

"5. Grand Ceremony of Decoration of Soldiers' Graves. 

."6. March to the Train at Munroe's Station." 

In this service the graves of the Revolutionary heroes and 
those of the Civil War were equally honored. 

Comrades Sampson, Bixby and Hovey took the three parts 
in the G. A. R. service, with Comrade Denny as Chaplain. 

The Post was accorded every courtesy and given a substantial 
collation by the Lexington ladies, for which appreciative reso- 
lutions were afterward adopted and a handsomely engrossed 
copy sent to the citizens of Lexington to be hung in Memorial 
Hall. 

The semi-year's activities were terminated with another de- 
lightful excursion to Lowell Island. 

Early in June, the third Comrade, John W. AVilson, passed 
beyond. 

J. EDWARD HOLLIS 

Service, Civil War. U. S. Navy. Captain's clerk. 

The second Commander of Post No. 113 served in the U. S. 
Navy. He was admitted to membership January 17, 1870, 
coming by transfer from Post No. 15. 



36 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

On account of ill health he served but a few months of his 
first term in 1871, but was reelected Commander and served 
during the year 1876 with great fidelity and acceptance. 

He was the first and sole Trustee of the Relief Fund, from 
1872 to 1876, when he resigned on account of his reelection as 
Commander. After the board of three Trustees was established, 
he was made Chairman, which position he held at the time of his 
death, January 20, 1899. He was thus a member of the Post 
for twenty-nine years. 

During all of this period he was a constant attendant upon 
the regular meetings — save as he was prevented by frequent 
attacks of rheumatism, from which disease for some years pre- 
ceding his death he was a great sufferer. 

His services for the Post, especially during its early years, 
were invaluable. Any one who ever made his acquaintance 
would remember his personality. He was a handsome man with 
gentlemanly bearing and an honest, earnest face. His judg- 
ment of affairs Avas excellent. With a polished speech and 
rich, melodious voice, added to a winsome manner, few could 
resist his appeals or desire to thwart his wishes. 

His love for his Comrades was deep, sincere and constant ; 
while his earnest advocacy of what he conceived to be for the 
best interests of the Post was always free from any taint of 
hypocrisy or personal bias. He commanded respect, for he 
was the soul of honor. 

"Greea be the turf above thee, 
Friend of my better days ! 
None knew thee but to love thee, 
Nor named thee but to praise." 




CORNELIUS G. ATTWOOD 
Post Commander, 1871 and 1872 



CHAPTER VI 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy-one — Second Half 

Infantryman Leads. Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument. Parade in Honor of President Grant and lay- 
ing Corner-stone of Post Office. No Parade for Alexis. 
Lectures, Concerts. Increase of Membership. 

infantryman leads 

CONSIDERABLE difficulty was experienced in selecting an 
acceptable person to fill the chair made vacant by the 
resignation of Commander Hollis. A committee appointed to 
nominate a successor were unable to agree upon any Com- 
rade, and the matter was taken up by a general ballot. 

Past Commander Blackmar appeared as harmonizer, and, in 
the words of the Adjutant's Minutes, "offered some very ap- 
propriate and eloquent remarks touching the present condi- 
tion of the Post ; the peculiar need it was in of having at its 
head a person possessing not only the requisite executive abil- 
ity, but one who was well known both in the Grand Arm}' of 
the Republic and by the community generally, of influence and 
capable of leading the Post in 'Green Pastures.' " He then 
nominated Cornelius G. Attwood, which was seconded by Chap- 
lain Denny, who, in "an able speech," thought the person 
nominated would prove an efficient Commander, and would 
be "able not only to lead this Post in 'green pastures,' but also 
beside the 'still waters.'" This double appeal vanquished all 
opposition, and Comrade Attwood was unanimously chosen 
Commander, and his acceptance was greeted with "three 
rousing cheers and a tiger." 

The Commander and other officers subsequently elected were 
duly installed by Past Commander Blackmar as follows : — 

Commander Cornelius G. Attwood. 

Senior Vice-Commander William Emerson. 

Junior Vice-Commander Augustine Sanderson'. 

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38 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Quartermaster Lowell B. Hiscock. 

Adjutant Franklin G. Bixby. 

Surgeon Dr. J. H. Warren. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Albert W. Hersey. 

Officer of the Guard James P. Burrill. 

Sergeant Major H. A. Sylvester. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Louis G. A. Fauteaux. 

July brought new rituals and a "Glee Club" organized by 
Comrade George E. Henry. A slight attempt was made at 
rehearsals of the ritualistic work of the degrees or grades, but it 
proved distasteful and matters went on about after the same 
old free and easy method originally and still popular among 
the Comrades. 

AUTUMN PARADES 

Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument 

With the autumn came an invitation to parade at the laying 
of the corner-stone of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on 
the Common, September 18. This duty was undertaken, and 
the Post marched in the general line, making a handsome 
appearance. The day was generally observed as a holiday, 
and the procession, made up of both military and civic bodies, 
was long and imposing. 

PRESIDENT GRANT IN BOSTON 

By invitation of the City Government, the Post again pa- 
raded upon the occasion of the visit of the President of the 
United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and the laying of the corner- 
stone of the new Post Office Building in Boston, October 16. 
This celebration, like the one of the previous month, was a 
large and imposing public function. The Post made an unusu- 
ally fine appearance and ended the day with a lively Camp Fire 
in the evening. 

GRAND DUKE ALEXIS 

A very pressing invitation was received from the Faculty of 
Harvard College requesting the Post to parade December 8 
in honor of His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexis, but 
Post No. 113 drew the line at Grand Dukes and respectfully 
declined the proffered honor. 



INFANTRYMAN LEADS 39 

MINOR EVENTS 

Besides the parades, the Post had a course of eight lectures 
and four concerts. The attendance was not, however, com- 
mensurate with the quality of the entertainments. 

The second year proved to be very active, and, considering the 
general depression in Grand Army affairs, must be pronounced 
remarkably successful. 

The year closed with the inspection conducted by Depart- 
ment Inspector Welsh. 

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 

Members Jan. 1, 1871 64 

Received in 1871 37 

Died, deraitted or dropped _5_ 

Net gain 32 

Total December 31, 1871 96 

(Three accepted, not mustered.) 

This was a wonderful showing for two years' efforts, though 
the bulk of accessions were transfers, largely from Posts Nos. 
15 and 26. 



CHAPTER VII 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy-two 

Commander's Circular. Lectures, Concerts and Camp Fires. 
May 30. Establishment op Relief Funds. Decrease in 
Attendance at Meetings. Boston Fire. Sketch of Com- 
mander Cornelius G. Attwood. 

NO CHANGE IN COMMANDER 

A CHANGE in the election of officers from semi-annual to 
annual having been made, Commander Attwood was 
reelected for the ensuing year. The officers were installed 
January 2 by Past Commander Blackmar. 

Commander Cornelius G. Attwood. 

Senior Vice-Commander Augustus N. Sampson. 

Junior Vice-Commander Albert W. Hersev. 

Adjutant Franklin G. Bixby. 

f Lowell B. Hiscock. 

Quartermaster ic. o t 

* [ Silas Sanborn, Jr. 

(Vice Hiscock resigned September 9.) 

Surgeon Nicholas N. Noyes. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Richard Robins. 

Officer of the Guard Charles H. Boardman. 

Sergeant Major Henry W. Fernald. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Louis G. A. Fauteaux. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Commander Attwood's circular announcements at the open- 
ing of the year were full of optimism. The condition of the 
Post was declared to be most favorable. Explaining the various 
meetings, he says : — 

"The object of the Camp Fires is to cultivate a more intimate 
acquaintance among our own members, as well as to afford an oppor- 
tunity for our citizen friends to see the composition of a Post of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

"The Sociables are instituted for the purpose of presenting an 

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NO CHANGE IN COMMANDER 41 

agreeable evening's entertainment to the Comrades, their wives and 
lady friends. 

"The business meetings are short, and officers would be greatly 
encouraged by a full attendance of members. 

"If every Comrade will lend his energies for the common good, 
continued prosperity will crown the new year upon which we have now 
entered." 

LECTURES AND CONCERTS 

A course of lectures and concerts was held as follows : — 

January 17. "Some Peculiar People," by Comrade L. H. Southard. 

February 1. Concert with double quartette and soloists. (Given 
at Bracketts' Hall, 409 Washington Street.) 

February 15. Lecture, "Fair Oaks and Seven Pines," by Comrade 
W. F. Palfrey. 

February 28. Lecture, "Burnside's Coast Expedition," by Com- 
mander C. G. Attwood. 

March 12. Concert. 

Note. — (The instrumental music for the course was furnished by 

Mrs. E. A. Robins, who upon these and many other occasions freely 

gave her time and talent for the Post's benefit.) 

The course was unusually popular and netted the sum of 
$400. 

Regular Camp Fires were held the second Monday evenings 
of each month. 

A special Camp Fire was given in February, complimentary 
to Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., who had just returned from a trip 
to England. 

A pleasant occasion followed soon in the presentation of a 
handsome badge to Commander Attwood, as the result of a 
vote taken at the Fusileers' Fair, upon the question of who was 
the most popular Post Commander in Boston. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The collections for Memorial Day, May 30, were most 
gratifying, and the Post was enabled to arrange for a more 
elaborate ceremonial than heretofore. Brown's Brigade Band 
and the Temple Quartette were engaged to assist in the services, 
held at the Berkeley Street church. 

After completing the full ceremonies of the day as adopted 
by the Post, a collation was served at the headquarters at 
seventy-five cents per plate. 



42 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

An invitation to parade June 17 upon the dedication of the 
Soldiers' Monument at Charlestown was declined on account 
of the engagements elsewhere of many members of the Post. 

At the first meeting after the summer vacation several resig- 
nations were received and acted upon. Quartermaster Hiscock, 
who had given much time to his duties and had supplied consid- 
erable financial aid upon all occasions of need, retired, and 
September 9 Silas Sanborn, Jr., was chosen to the vacancy. 
Officer of the Day Robins resigned and George E. Henry was 
chosen, and Quartermaster Sergeant Fauteaux was replaced by 
Charles Dodd. 

RELIEF FUNDS 

The Post elected a Relief Committee annually, whose duty 
it was to investigate all applications for aid and report upon 
the same, after which suitable relief or other aid was voted by 
the Post, the expenses incurred being taken from the general 
fund in the hands of the Quartermaster. 

The last collections made for Memorial Day had been so suc- 
cessful that the sum of $600.25 remained after paying all 
expenses. This favorable showing was largely due to the able 
collecting skill of Commander Attwood. 

After the election of Comrade Silas Sanborn, Jr., as Quarter- 
master, Commander Attwood turned over to him the duty of 
securing subscriptions from the parties formerly contributing, 
he deeming it improper or at least injudicious for one holding 
the office of U. S. Deputy Collector of the Port to solicit funds 
for any purpose. In this connection it should be stated that 
Comrade Sanborn continued to collect funds for every recurring 
Memorial Day observance of the Post up to the time of his 
death, June 14, 1912. 

GENERAL RELIEF FUND 

At the meeting held October 14 the subject of establishing 
a General Relief Fund was considered, and it was finally voted 
to transfer $500 from the balance left from Memorial Day 
to a regular Relief Fund. Comrade J. Edward Hollis was 
chosen Trustee of this fund. All payments were by special vote 
of the Post, except in cases of urgent necessity, when the Com- 
mander was allowed to order a sum paid not exceeding $ 50. 



NO CHANGE IN COMMANDER 43 

POST FUND 

A second fund denominated the Post Relief Fund, intended 
especially for aid to members, was also established, with a be- 
ginning of $ 100.25, the balance of the Memorial Da}'^ collections. 
This fund was to be drawn, on order of the Commander or 
by vote of the Post, on the recommendation of the Relief 
Committee. 

DECREASED ATTENDANCE 

The attendance at meetings as time went on rather fell off, 
and it was evident that the increase in Post membership had 
been reached. Comrades were urged to secure applications 
from "reliable men," or the assessments must be raised to meet 
current expenses. 

At one of the meetings Comrade Sampson forcibly said, — • 

" It is a shame that such splendid officers as the Post now has, should 
not be better supported and encouraged by a fuller attendance and 
more interest shown on the part of the Comrades." 

GREAT FIRE 

Under date of November 1 1 the following entry in the records 
is found : — 

"No meeting on account of the great fire 10th and 11th inst. No 
gas in the city for use to-night. Boston in darkness. 

"Franklin G. Bixby, Adjutant.'" 

Comrade Joseph Wait passed on, November 26, and his 
funeral was attended by the Post at Ipswich, Massachusetts. 

December 2 the annual inspection was held by Department 
Commander Sibley and staff. The Post was pronounced "in 
the finest condition of any visited." The extent of the compli- 
ment must be taken in connection with the low estate of the 
Grand Army at the time. 

At the election in December for the ensuing year's term, it 
was voted to dispense with the usual nominating committee 
and to nominate officers by the system of a "Marking List." 
This plan proved satisfactory, and Commanded Attwood was 
unanimously renominated and elected, but declined further 
service. 

Commander Attwood then read a carefully prepared address, 
giving a history of the Post from its organization, showing 



44 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

that from a small beginning commendable progress had been 
made and much good accomplished. Future success was 
hopeful. 

CORNELIUS G. ATTWOOD 

Service, Civil War. 3d Mass. Battalion Rifles. 2d Lieutenant. 

25th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Major ; Brevet 
Lieutenant- Colonel. 
Service, M. V. M. Inspector General, rank Brigadier-General. 

The administration of Commander Attwood, the third in 
order, as may well be inferred from what has been already said 
of him, was full of life and go from start to finish. He was en- 
thusiasm personified. He could no more help being a leader 
in anything with which he was connected than some others 
could help being followers. He was for several years perhaps 
the most active member in raising money, devising new schemes 
and pushing everything forward. 

It has been said that at almost every meeting he had some 
new plan or scheme to present for raising money or strengthen- 
ing the Post in some way, each carefully worked out on paper. 
In every instance he was ready to do more work than any other 
member to bring success. 

The Post was greatly indebted to him for the vigor and 
strength which he imparted at a formative period of its exist- 
ence. He had strong friends, and, like men of his mould, some 
enemies. 

His membership in Post No. 113 commenced with the organ- 
ization and continued till February 7, 1876, when he transferred 
to Post No. 26. 

Some years after, he returned to Post No. 113, and was a 
member at the time of his death, which occurred January 19, 
1888. The Post attended his funeral. 

Commander Attwood's service in the Grand Army was note- 
worthy: a member of Post No. 10; a charter member and 
Commander of Post No. 15; Quartermaster General ; Adjutant- 
General ; National Council of Administration ; and his service 
in Post No. 113. 

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise, nor yet 
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time 
and chance happeneth to them all." — Eccles. ix. 11. 




AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 
Post Commander, 1873 



CHAPTER VIII 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy-three 

Citizens' Aid Post. Post Headquarters destroyed by Fire. 
Rescue of the Bible and Stuffed Eagle. Rev. W. H. H. 
Murray, Memorial Orator. Trip to Malden. Touring for 
Headquarters. Members of " 113 " Start New Post. Presen- 
tations Made and Donations Received. Sketch of Commander 
Augustus N. Sampson. 

the third army administration 

THE officers were installed by Department Mustering officer 
George T. Childs, as follows : — 

Commander Augustus N. Sampson. 

Senior Vice-Commander Albert W. Hersey. 

Junior Vice-Commander Charles H. Boardman. 

Quartermaster Silas Sanborn, Jr. 

Adjutant Franklin G. Bixby. 

Surgeon George H. Caldwell. 

Chaplain Edward W. Griggs. 

Officer of the Day George E. Henry. 

Officer of the Guard Luke R. Landy. 

Sergeant Major Henry W. Fernald. 

Quartermaster Sergeant James P. Burrill. 

Trustee J. Edward Hollis. 

new applications 

Quite a goodly number of applications for membership were 
received early in the year, and new hope cheered the hearts of 
the Posts' "reliables." 

The stated meeting was changed to Wednesday evening, with 
two each month, except the months of July, August and Sep- 
tember, making nine regular meetings for the year. 

The Comrades were urged to be present every meeting and 
encouraged by the assurance that if every Comrade would 
lend his energies for the common good, the year upon which 
they had now entered would be their best. 

4") 



46 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

CITIZENS AID POST 

Commander Sampson exhibited much ability in pressing 
Post concerns. He was enabled to report the "Signal success" 
of the special Memorial Finance Committee in making collec- 
tions. 

He announced that — 

"Notwithstanding the late terrible calamity (great fire of 1872) 
and their great financial loss, the citizens of Boston are alive and stand 
as ever, with open hearts and hands, ready to assist us in this noble 
work of perpetuating the memory of our fallen Comrades, as set forth 
in this beautiful and touching ceremony, introduced and performed 
by our Order." 

POST HEADQUARTERS DESTROYED BY FIRE 

The few Comrades who had assembled at headquarters about 
8.30 A.M., May 30, to take part in the Memorial Day parade and 
services were given a genuine sensation. Suddenly a fire broke 
out in the Theatre Building, and it was seen that the same was 
serious. Comrades hastened to the Post quarters on the third 
floor and hastily removed such articles as were nearest at hand. 

Comrade Dodd rescued the famous and much-prized stuffed 
bald eagle, and Comrade Sanderson seized the Bible and rushed 
out of a back window over a wire grating, and made a trium- 
phant exit by the rear passage of the Selwyn Theatre on to 
Essex Street. 

Quartermaster Sanborn and Comrade Sears with others 
succeeded in rescuing the records, guidons, belts and a few other 
small articles. Sanborn and Sears were the last to leave the 
building, then thick with smoke and flying embers, the latter 
receiving painful burns on his hands. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

Notwithstanding the destruction of the Post headquarters, 
twenty-six Comrades assembled at the store of Senior Vice- 
Commander Hersey on Washington Street for the duties of 
the day. Led by the Metropolitan Band, with guidons and Flag 
flying, the column proceeded to the Common, where the deco- 
rative ritual was performed ; thence, by a very long route, they 



THE THIRD ARMY ADMINISTRATION 47 

arrived at Park Street Church. The full G. A. R. service was 
given, assisted by the Temple Quartette, and an address de- 
livered by the Rev. W. H. H. Murray. 

AT MALDEN 

At the conclusion of the church exercises the Post, by invita- 
tion of the citizens of Maiden, took train, and after a lunch 
upon arrival at Maiden, the march was taken up for the ceme- 
tery, where the full ritual was again rendered and the graves 
of all soldiers and sailors lovingly decorated. 

Upon their return, the hospitality of Post No. 15 headquarters 
on Essex Street was temporarily accepted. 

TOURING FOR HEADQUARTERS 

In June, the Post met at Room No. 10, Exchange Building, on 
State Street, where also the Department had established its 
headquarters. With the opening of the fall season in Septem- 
ber the Post met at the headquarter rooms of the 1st Regiment of 
Infantry, No. 4 Boylston Hall, corner Boylston and Washington 
streets. In November, Boston Hall, 176 Tremont Street, was 
engaged as temporary headquarters pending obtaining per- 
manent quarters. 

MEMBERS OF "113" START POST IN MALDEN 

One of the incidental results of the visit of Post No. 113 to 
Maiden, May 30, was the revival of interest by the veterans of 
that vicinity in the Grand Army. This was made apparent a 
little later by the efforts of Comrade Lakeman and others who 
were members of Post No. 113 to organize a new Post in Maiden. 
This was successfully accomplished, and General H. G. Berrj , 
Post No. 40, was chartered October 1 and has since become one 
of the prosperous Posts of the Department. 

MINOR HAPPENINGS 

A pleasant event of the early part of the year was the presen- 
tation of a marble statue of Daniel Webster, also a large pic- 
ture to Past Commander Attwood. 

Later in the year the Post presented a fine gold badge, costing 



48 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

$50, to Comrade William E. Sheridan, in remembrance of his 
valuable assistance at Camp Fires and other occasions. 

In December, Samuel A. Walker, Esq., presented the Post 
with $100 on account of the loss suffered by the fire which 
destroyed the Headquarters, May 30. 

After again changing the meeting nights from Wednesday to 
the second and fourth Mondays, the year was closed by the 
annual inspection conducted by Department Inspector Brown- 
ell Granger. 

AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Service, Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieu- 
tenant. 

Service, M. V. M. Boston City Guards. 

4th Mass. Battalion Rifles. 4th Lieutenant ; 3d 
Lieutenant. Staff of Governor Rice : Lieu- 
tenant Colonel and Assistant Inspector General. 
Second Brigade : Captain and Aide-de-camp. 
Staff of Governor Ames : Colonel and Assistant 
Inspector General. 

Commander Sampson was a charter member of Post No. 113, 
and its first Adjutant. His records of the doings of the Post 
are very complete, and, in this respect as well as in method and 
clearness of expression, form a favorable contrast to the work in 
this Department performed by some of his successors. 

He had a marked individuality, with positive opinions which 
he was not backward in expressing whenever he deemed it 
necessary. 

Upon all occasions he made a good appearance. He was a 
ready speaker, with sufficient self-confidence to carry him 
through whatever role he undertook. While no special ad- 
vance was made by the Post during his term, yet consider- 
ing the general lack of personal interest among the members, 
he was exceedingly fortunate in holding the Post so well 
together. His efforts to increase the Post revenue and place it 
upon a substantial basis were unremitting. Perhaps to his 
persistency, more than that of any other member, is due the 
fact that the Post charter was not surrendered. 

In later years his interest did not abate. Until his last 
sickness he was a constant attendant at the meetings and al- 
ways active, alive and forcible. He frequently noted the fact 



THE THIRD ARMY ADMINISTRATION 49 

that certain Comrades who had been honored with office rarely 
came out to the meetings or took much interest in the welfare 
of the Post after they had ceased to hold office. He would then 
observe : " This is not right ; they ought to be willing to give some 
personal attention to what is going on ; their presence and inter- 
est would strengthen the Post. This thing is not right." 

He answered the last roll call September 18, 1901. A large 
representation of the Post attended his funeral at the chapel 
at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, and the full G. A. R. burial service 
was given. By his special request a number of Comrades at- 
tended the incineration of his body in the crematory. 

"How sound they sleep ! no more the joyous shout 
No reveille awakes them to the light. 
The tattoo beats for them a long, long night, 
They heed no earthly taps, their light is out.'' 



CHAPTER IX 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy-four 

An Optimistic Circular. New Headquarters Secured. Me- 
morial Exercises at King's Chapel. Rev. Henry W. Foote, 
Orator. Demits and Suspensions. Sketch of Commander 
J. Waldo Denny. 

ANOTHER INFANTRYMAN AT THE HEAD 

THE officers were installed by Past Commander Blackmar ; 
the "Grand Army Glee Club" furnished acceptable music, 
and speeches were made by Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., General 
John L. Swift and "Farmer Allen." 

At the conclusion a collation was served. It was an occasion 
of much interest. 

LIST OF OFFICERS 

Commander J. Waldo Denny. 

Senior Vice-Commander James M. Richardson. 

Junior Vice-Commander William H. Alline. 

Adjutant Thomas R. Mathews. 

Quartermaster Charles H. Boardman. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain Cephas C. Bumpus. 

Officer of the Day Charles S. Seagraves. 

Officer of the Guard James W. Dolliver. 

Sergeant Major Henry M. Prichard. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Charles S. Halladay. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Hollis. 

AN OPTIMISTIC CIRCULAR 

Commander Denny assumed office with all the lively antici- 
pations of his predecessors. If the early Commanders had 
not been born optimists, it certainly would have fared badly 
with the Post. His opening circular was full of cheer. He 
said : — 

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J. V7AL,T>0 DENNY 
Post Commander, 1874 



ANOTHER INFANTRYMAN AT THE HEAD 51 

"The present condition of the Post affords cause for congratula- 
tion. 

"Having reached a permanently sound financial basis, with a well- 
invested fund under the supervision of our Trustee, J. Edward Hollis, 
we need now only an increased attendance upon our meetings and a 
new infusion of the Spirit of Fraternity, to render our organization the 
most effective branch in this Department of the G. A. R. 

"If each mdmber will consider his own personal responsibility and 
accept this as an appeal to his individual honor to oliserve the obUga- 
tion he has assumed, the work will be accomplished. 

"Comrades ! rally at the next meeting ! give us the benefit of your 
wise counsels relating to the future prosperity of the Post." 

That the foregoing appeal did not meet with unanimous re- 
sponse may be inferred from the action taken at the next meet- 
ing in suspending five members and granting the requests of 
three others for transfers to Post No. 26. The "Glee Club" 
was also disbanded as a result of the transfers. 

The Post leaders, however, kept up good heart ; they had not 
yet thought of giving up the ship. 

At the same meeting donations for a member and a soldier's 
widow of $41 were voted. 

A committee of two for each month was provided to visit 
sick Comrades. 

The belts, swords, banner staff and other equipments were 
ordered cleaned and deficiencies supplied preparatory to the 
May parade. 

Active steps were taken to secure new headquarters, and a 
committee of five was appointed to furnish the new quarters 
when secured. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The arrangements for the observance of Memorial Day 
appear to have been made upon a more ambitious scale than 
before; the collections amounted to S831, but it required an 
appropriation of $86 in addition from the general Relief Fund 
to meet the expenditures. 

The Post assembled at the ''Tiger's" Armory, Concord Hall, 
West Concord Street. Line was formed with the Metropoli- 
tan Band and the Boston Light Infantry (Tiger's) as escort, 
Comrade Captain Nicholas N. Noyes commanding. 

After marching to the several burial grounds within the city 



52 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

proper and making the usual decorations, the Post repaired to 
King's Chapel, where, at twelve o'clock, the full services were 
held, assisted by the organ and the Schumann Club, who 
had volunteered their services upon this occasion. The Rev. 
Henry W. Foote delivered an appropriate address. 

HEADQUARTERS 

The subject of providing new quarters again came up in the 
autumn, and after much search it was decided to take a hall at 
the old location, 368 Washington Street, New Globe Theatre 
Building, Room No. 7. 

This was leased December 1 to Comrades Blackmar and Hollis 
as Trustees for the Post, some ten or more Comrades becoming 
responsible for the rental of $850 per annum, gas and steam 
heating extra. 

The headquarters of the Department were again established 
with Post No. 113, for which they paid $350. 

Quite a number of new members were received during the 
year, though not sufficient to replace transfers, suspensions and 
dropped. Many of the officers were quite often absent from 
meetings, which as a rule were slimly attended. 

Aside from a delegation attending upon invitation a Camp 
Fire held by WilUam H. Smart Post No. 30, of Cambridgeport, 
the only event of note was the Memorial Celebration, May 30. 

The annual inspection was held December 21 ; Inspector- 
General Joel of New York and Assistant Department Inspector 
Spaulding were present. 

Comrade Francis Bush, Jr., was mustered out September 16, 
his funeral being attended by the Post. 

JOSEPH WALDO DENNY 

Service, Civil War. 6th Mass. Infantry. Lieutenant. 25th Mass. 
Infantry. Captain. 

Commander Denny had a fine war record for efficiency, and 
as before noted had long been connected with the Grand Armj- 
prior to the organization of Post No. 113. 

His interest in the Post during its early history was shown 
in his attendance and activity at its meetings. He was its first 
Chaplain and had continued in said office until 1873. 



ANOTHER INFANTRYMAN AT THE HEAD 53 

In all matters before the Post he was a prominent debater and 
was peculiarly felicitous in drawing up resolutions and memo- 
rials. 

The attendance at the meetings fell off as the year went on, 
and the general interest seriously waned. A few came in, but 
more transferred, were dropped or suspended from membership. 
It was a time that required unremitting exertion on the part 
of the Commander, with great personal effort. 

Upon the whole, the general condition of the Post was less 
favorable at the close of the year than at its beginning. 

Commander Denny afterwards served as Chaplain in 1876. 
He was an uncompromising enemy of the South and seriously 
took to heart the action of the Post in inviting ex-Confederates 
to join in the Memorial Day parade, as noted in the next chapter. 

He withdrew from the Post in 1887, but in. 1906 he attended 
the Anniversary banquet and the succeeding month was re- 
admitted to membership in the Post, being cordially welcomed 
by every one in "Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty." 

He had the distinction, after 1906, of being the oldest Past 
Commander, both as to age and service. He passed his re- 
maining years in ease, contentment and happiness, honored, 
respected and loved by all his Comrades, departing this life 
December 4, 1912. 



CHAPTER X 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy-five 

New Headquarters Dedicated. All Past Commanders in Office. 
Notable Fraternity for ex-Confederates Memorial Day. 
Rev. Minot J. Savage, Orator. Gifts. Statue of "War Gov- 
ernor" Andrew. First Anniversary Celebration. Increase 
in Dues. Department Politics. Administration. 



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dedication and installation 

HE announcement of the Committee on the new head- 
quarters, 368 Washington Street, read : — 



"Let us rally in force at this our first meeting and take a 'fresh 
start' in our new home, which is handsomely refurnished and reju- 
venated since the fire of Memorial Day, '73." 

Pursuant to this invitation the "new home" was dedicated 
in connection with a pubHc installation of officers by General 
Henry R. Sibley, in the presence of Governor Talbot and staff, 
a goodly number of Comrades with their ladies, and other visi- 
tors. The music was furnished by the Schumann Club, with 
the Hovey brothers at the piano. 

A collation was served during the evening, followed by 
speeches from prominent guests present, among whom were 
Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., Henry B. Pierce, Assistant Adjutant- 
General of the Department, and Mr. Samuel A. Walker ; the 
latter closed his remarks by presenting the Post one hundred 
dollars — this being his second donation of a like amount 
within two years. 

CAVALRY AGAIN LEADS, SUPPORTED BY THE INFANTRY AND NAVY 

A decidedly unique departure was made in selecting three of 
the four Past Commanders for the first three offices, with the 
fourth for Chaplain. The requisitioning of the first Com- 
mander to again lead the Post indicated not only a necessity 

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DEDICATION AND INSTALLATION 55 

for radical measures, but a confidence in Comrade Blackmar 
which he well deserved. The Board was as follows : — 

Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

Senior Vice-Commander Cornelius G. Attwood. 

Junior Vice-Commander J. Edward Mollis. 

Adjutant Thomas R. Mathews. 

Quartermaster Charles H. Boardman. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain Augustus N. Sampson. 

Officer of the Day Louis N. Tucker. 

Officer of the Guard William C. Page. 

Sergeant Major Henry M. Prichard. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Edward B. Richardson. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Mollis. 

"perfect success" 

Commander Blackmar's inaugural circular congratulated the 
Post upon the "perfect success" of the first meeting at the 
new headquarters and said : — 

"The full attendance of so many Comrades whose faces have been 
hidden for many months, and the throng of ladies and gentlemen, firm 
friends of our Post, made the old-time prosperity seem fully realized 
again. 

"Let us keep alive our Post and keep together, remembering that 
the day cannot be far distant when only a few of us can meet on this 
side of the river, to celebrate our anniversaries and enjoy reminiscences 
of battle, march and bivouac mutually shared." 

FRA.TERNITY AND CHARITY FOR EX-CONFEDERATES 

"Strike him who fights thy country. 
With vigor strike thy blow : 
But while thou strik'st remember 
That thou shalt love thy foe." 

— His Imperial Majesty, Emperor of Japan, 
to his Army. 

An incident connected with the arrangements for the ob- 
servance of Memorial Day was one of the most notable in the 
history of the Post. On motion of Comrade Solomon Hovey, 
Jr., it was voted, after a full and spirited discussion, that — 

"All ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors residing in Boston or 
vicinity be invited to parade with the Post Memorial Day." 



56 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

In the customary notice issued by the Commander giving 
the details for the day, the action taken upon this subject was 
announced as follows : — 

"The tenth anniversary of the ending of hostilities seems to be 
a fitting time to bury the bitter memories of the war and extend the 
hand of fellowship and friendship to every citizen of the Republic. 

"By vote of the Post, the Commander, in the name of his command, 
hereby extends to everj^ ex-Confederate soldier and sailor in Boston 
and vicinity a sincere and hearty invitation to join with them on 
Memorial Day in strewing with flowers the graves of those of their 
countrymen whom they met where only brave men dared to be." 

The invitation, which was carried out by an ex-Confederate 
Colonel parading with the Post on Memorial Day, is a full and 
sufficient answer to the unfavorable criticisms of the action 
taken twenty-four years later in inviting General Joseph Wheeler 
to be the Memorial Day orator. The spirit of liberality, for- 
giveness and charity, with the sincere desire of healing up the 
wounds of animosity, strife, bitterness, sectionalism and civil 
war shown by Post No. 113 was no fantastic or spectacular ex- 
hibition exploited thirty-four years after the War for the Union 
ended. It was the same spirit exhibited by Post No. 113 at a 
time when the remembrances of the War were vivid and but 
slightly tempered by time. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

May 30 falling on Sunday, the day was observed on Saturday, 
the 29th, in this Department. 

The Post, with Rimbach's Band and escorted again by 
the Boston Light Infantry, marched to the Church of the Unity, 
where the usual G. A. R. ritual was given and an address de- 
livered by the Rev. Minot J. Savage. The music at the church 
was of a high order. 

Some little time after the action of the Post in allowing an 
ex-Confederate to unite with the Post in the Memorial exer- 
cises, it was publicly condemned by certain members of the 
Grand Army, including Past Commander Denny, causing a 
severe breach of good feeling among some of the Comrades. 

Nearly all the participants in the controversy have passed 
beyond, and the mellowing influence of time long since ended 
all feeling of resentment occasioned by the incident. The 



DEDICATION AND INSTALLATION 57 

policy of the Post adopted in 1875 has, however, continued and 
been greatly extended and emphasized by subsequent events, 
without the slightest ill feeling or opposition. 

The collections for Memorial Day observance amounted to 
$965, of which $700 was used for this purpose and the balance 
for relief. 

Among the pleasant events of the following month was the 
presentation to the Post by Comrade John C. Putnam of the 
Rogers group, "Taking the Oath," and a fine engraving of the 
''First Blow for Liberty"; and by Comrade Luke R. Landy 
of a Bulletin Board. Comrade Augustus N. Sampson later 
presented a colossal bust of Daniel Webster. 

STATUE OF "war GOVERNOR" ANDREW 

In October, by special invitation, the Post attended with 
band the ceremonies of the unveiling and presentation of the 
statue of Governor John A. Andrew to the town of Hingham. 
Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., was a guest of the Post upon this 
occasion. 

THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 

November 22 of this year is memorable for the introduction 
of the Anniversary reception and banquet, which thereafter 
became the permanent annual reunion feature of the Post. 
At its inception it was in the nature of an experiment. 

The sixth anniversary of the preliminary meeting which re- 
sulted in the organization of Post No. 113 was celebrated by a 
grand reception and banquet given at the St. James Hotel, 
East Newton Street. It was in no sense a " Barmecide Feast " ; 
on the contrary, the menu was unexcelled by any afforded in 
later years at Young's or Parker's. 

Commander Blackmar presided. After an earnest speech 
of welcome, he announced the first toast, "The Department of 
Massachusetts." Major George S. Merrill, Department Com- 
mander, eloquently responded. "The Citizens who stood by 
Us," brought up Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., Governor Andrew's 
tried and trusty friend, whose presence and words always had 
a peculiar charm for the boys of "113." "The Common- 
wealth" was eulogized by her Secretary, Captain Henry B. 



58 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Pierce. The toast, "The Dead, Union and Confederate," 
was drunk standing and in silence, after which Mr. George B. 
Ford recited the beautiful poem, "The Blue and the Gray," 
with that rare oratorical skill and power for which he was so 
justly celebrated. In response to a rousing encore, he recited, 
"Mrs. Maloney on the Chinese Question," eliciting renewed 
applause. "To the men who made our victory at the front 
bear fruit at home," Hon. Alanson W. Beard delivered a stirring 
and patriotic speech. "The Militia of Massachusetts" was 
appropriately acknowledged by General F. W. Palfrey, former 
Commander of the Cadets. 

Afterward Mr. Rollin M. Squire recited, bj'^ request, several 
of his war poems, which were enthusiastically applauded and 
added much to the enjoyment of the evening. 

Past Commander Sampson feelingly and eloquently spoke 
to the toast, "Our Past Commanders," in which he threaded 
the warp and woof of his ready allusions with many a sparkle 
of incident connected with the army. After much merry mak- 
ing, wit and singing of the old songs, the company parted 
with ever dear " Auld Lang Syne." It was a brilliant and happy 
company. None who participated will ever fail to recall with 
pleasure this first celebration of the Post's Anniversary. 

INCREASE IN DUES 

The Commander suggested that the Post give an entertain- 
ment to raise money, as the receipts were not enough to meet 
the current expenses, but instead it was voted to increase the 
Post dues from fifty cents per month to $ 10 per year, payable 
$5 semi-annually. The dues have since remained at this sum. 

DEPARTMENT POLITICS 

The year ended, as it commenced, by an innovation, consisting 
of a resolution instructing the delegates to the Department Con- 
vention to support Horace Binney Sargent of Post No. 15 for 
Department Commander. This was the first and only time any 
action was taken relative to Department matters or officers 
during the first thirty years of the Post's existence. 

Comrade Charles Dodd died December 6 and was buried at 
Mt. Auburn. 



THE ADMINISTRATION 59 

ADMINISTRATION 

The administration of the year was successful in a general 
sense, the meetings were better attended, some new recruits 
were obtained and much "dead-wood " was gotten rid of by sus- 
pensions and droppings. The principal events of the year were 
well carried out, and the membership was drawn closer together. 
Commander Blackmar left the Post strengthened in many 
respects, though the financial end was quite as weak in Decem- 
ber as he found it the previous January. 



CHAPTER XI 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy-six 

A Typical Camp Fire. Services May 30. Rev. William 
B. Wright, Orator. Department Parade. Finances. The 
Seventh Anniversary at Parker's. No Deaths. 

AGAIN COMMANDER MOLLIS OF THE NAVY 

PAST COMMANDER HOLLIS, after vainly endeavoring 
to avoid assuming the Commandership again, was at last 
persuaded, being assured of the hearty support of "all hands." 
The officers were quietly installed by Comrade E. B. Bias- 
land, detailed for that purpose by the Department. 

LIST OF OFFICERS 

Commander J. Edward Hollis. 

Senior Vice-Commander Edward B. Robins. 

Junior Vice-Commander Luke R. Landy. 

Adjutant Thomas R. Mathews. 

Quartermaster Charles H. Boardman. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain J. Waldo Denny. 

Officer of the Day Edward B. Richardson. 

Officer of the Guard George C. Phillips. 

Sergeant Major Eugene H. Richards. 

Quartermaster Sergeant James Bruerton. 

Trustee of Relief Fund Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

A TYPICAL "camp FIRE " 

For the two previous years the old-time Camp Fire had been 
rather neglected; it was deemed wise to again bring it forward. 

Somebody has said that if the Camp Fires — the actual 
out-of-door affairs, so named — of the War — were at all like those 
burnt at the headquarters of the Post No. 113, the boys were 
not to blame for perpetuating the illumination, as it was around 
these fires that the Homerics of the War, congenial to the uni- 
versal heart, were given form and being ; tales of danger, death 
and victory, of prowess, bravery and defeat, interspersed with 

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A TYPICAL CAMP FIRE 61 

song and story and wild shouts that shook the starlit dome and 
surged away, drifting into the silence of forest and fell. 

It Avas remarked upon the occasion of the first Camp Fire 
of this year that the curious attention of passers-by, hurrying 
through the chilly street, were attracted by the volleys of merri- 
ment that rattled roof and window-pane at Post No. 113 head- 
tiuarters, and it w^as evident that the "boys" were very happy. 

The Schumann Club sang with its accustomed power, and 
chased the flying hours away with melodious forces. Not the 
least among the pleasures of the evening was the well-managed 
appearance of the Georgia Minstrels, who took up their line of 
march from Beethoven Hall, escorted by the Post's "Lawrence 
Cadets," who after enjoying the generous spread of the festive 
board sang the sweet songs for which the "Contraband" was 
so justly celebrated. Their character songs were side-splitting, 
their religious pieces full of pathos, their ballads full of native 
tenderness, and they sang to an audience fitted to appreciate 
them by reason of an experience gained in every section of the 
land from which the shining, real ebony singers came. 

To enumerate all of the pleasing, doings would be impossible, 
though the "fire" was not banked for future use until the "wee 
sma hours" ; but it had burned brightly ! 

The Post cooperated in a grand Camp Fire in Faneuil Hall, 
May 10 ; about four thousand veterans assembled in Boston 
upon this occasion. 

MAY 30 

^Memorial services followed closely the usual custom. 

The Post, with the Milford Brass Band and a Drum Corps, 
the " Boston Light Infantry " escorting, marched to the Common 
and from there to Berkeley Street Church. 

The full decorative service of the Order was given, assisted 
by a select choir under the direction of Mr. H. L. Whitney. 

The address of the day w^as delivered by the Rev. William B. 
Wright. 

The Post afterward marched to the Infantry's Armory on 
West Concord Street, where a collation was served and the 
Post dismissed. 

The collections for the day were $710 and expenses S406.20 

The principal public exercises of the day, however, were con- 



62 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

ducted by Post No. 15 at Music Hall, with an oration, music, 
etc., at which Governor Gaston, General Butler, the Collector 
of the Port and other prominent men were present. 

An imposing parade by order of the Department Commander, 
was held October 11, in which the Post took part, though with 
considerable reluctance. 

The accessions for the year were few, while there was a 
"General slaughter" as the record expresses it, of delinquents. 
The number was now being rapidly depleted, and there was 
more and more discussion and concern shown as to how money 
was to be obtained to meet the actual running expenses. 

A suggestive act bearing upon the financial question of the 
time was a vote passed in the mid-year, that — 

"The Trustee loan from the Relief Fund, a sum sufficient to enable 
the Quartermaster to pay all bills due, the loan to be repaid not later 
than January 1, 1877." 

SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY 

The social event of the year was the Anniversary banquet at 
the Parker House, November 22. One and another began to 
drop in at room No. 12 about 7.30 p.m. 

From that on they continued to slowly gather, and about nine 
o'clock the signal was given and some seventy-five took seats 
at the tables. 

Commander HoUis presided and Past Commander Sampson 
was Toast-master ; vocal selections were rendered by a quartette 
from the Boylston Club. Governor Rice made a very apprecia- 
tive speech. Collector Simmons responded for the President 
of the United States, and Mr. Kinsley delivered one of his anec- 
dotal talks, always listened to with interest. General Horace 
Birmey Sargent followed with the principal address of the even- 
ing, and the occasion was rounded out by lively speeches by 
Comrades Denny and Attwood, Hon. Henry L. Pierce, Colonel 
R. W. Libbey, Mr. F. E. Goodrich and an original poem by Mr. 
Rollin M. Squire. The evening closed about eleven o'clock. 

No member was removed by death during the year. 




NATHAN APPLBTON 
Post Commander, 1877 and 1878 



CHAPTER XII 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy-seven 

Soldiers' Home. Memorial Day. Rev. John F. W. Ware, 
Orator. Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. 
Waning Interest. Anniversary at Young's. Removal of De- 
partment Headquarters. No Deaths. 



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AN ARTILLERY OFFICER CHOSEN 

HE officers were installed by Past Commander Hollis. 



Commander Nathan Appleton. 

Senior Vice-Commander Thomas R. Mathews. 

Junior Vice-Commander Edward B. Richardson. 

Adjutant George C. Phillips. 

Quartermaster Charles H. Boardman. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain Edward J. Jones. 

Officer of the Day Augustine Sanderson. 

Officer of the Guard Nathaniel M. Putnam. 

Sergeant Major Eugene H. Richards. 

Quartermaster Sergeant James Bruerton. 

Trustee Relief Fund Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

soldiers' HOME 

The principal matter of general interest in the Department 
was the effort made to provide a Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in 
Massachusetts. Strong appeals were sent out to each town and 
city, and the movement gained considerable impetus. 

PHOTOGRAPHS 

Up to the present year the Post had obtained photographs 
of uniform size and style of each deceased member, which were 
hung in the Post rooms. It is to be regretted that the custom 

was discontinued. 

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64 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The Post assembled at headquarters, with the Medford Band 
and escort. After marching to the various burial grounds and 
decorating the graves, they proceeded to the Arlington Street 
Church, which was well filled, and the regular G. A. R. exercises 
were performed. The music was provided by Mr. G. W. 
Sumner, organist, and choir, with the Schumann Club. The 
pastor of the church. Rev. John F. W. Ware, assisted by reading 
a portion of Scripture and prayer, and afterwards delivered an 
eloquent oration. The exercises closed with "America," and 
the Post repaired to the "Tigers'" Armory, where after par- 
taking of a collation they were dismissed. 

DEDICATION OF MONUMENT 

The dedication of the magnificent Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument on Boston Common, designed by Martin Mill- 
more, in September, was one of the finest public functions for 
many years. Post No. 113 took part, inarching with the over 
sixty-seven hundred veterans of the G. A. R. forming the first 
grand division of the column, of whom sixteen hundred had 
been wounded in battle. The division was escorted by the 
State Militia. 

The celebration was worthy of the occasion, and the Post 
received its full share of the applause from the thousands who 
witnessed the spectacle. 

WANING INTEREST 

The pressure of adverse conditions began to be seriously felt. 
The New Life so earnestly desired to revive and rejuvenate the 
Grand Army organization had not made its presence felt, and 
Post No. 113, in common with sister Posts, struggled to keep 
the spark from expiring. The interest still waned, and the 
Post meetings were again slimly attended. 

The Commander was a gentleman of education, wealth and 
social standing, and, as far as these counted in the scale, gave 
the Post a certain prestige with the public ; he also willingly 
contributed toward the running expenses, but nothing seemed to 
revive the interest of the members to any appreciable extent. 



AXXIVERSARY 65 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The eighth Anniversary was held at Young's Hotel, Novem- 
ber 22, with a good attendance. 

Commander Appleton presided and made quite a lengthy 
introductory address. Collector Simmons opened with an in- 
spiring speech. Comrade Charles W. Wilson responded for the 
Navy, followed by Rev. Dr. Ware, Chaplain of 4th Battalion, 
M. V. M. Mr. Squire then gave an original poem. The toast 
"To our Dead Comrades" was drunk standing. Comrade 
George B. Ford recited "The Blue and the Gray," and as an 
encore gave "The Present Crisis," written by James Russell 
Lowell thirty years before. Colonel Randall, U. S. Army, 
responded for the Artillery, Hon. Henry B. Pierce and Comrade 
Hollis made good speeches and the postprandial closed by a 
recitation of "The Irish Sergeant" by Comrade Blackmar. 

In December the Department headquarters were removed 
from No. 608 Washington Street, to 53 Tremont Street, Room 
3, in the Suffolk Bank Building. 

No deaths occurred during the year. 



CHAPTER XIII 
Eighteen Hundred Seventy-eight 

Post No. 113 holds the First Memorial Service at the Soldiers* 
AND Sailors' Monument on the Common. General Horace 
BiNNEY Sargent, Orator. At the Church Rev. Edward 
Everett Hale, D.D., Orator. Anniversary at Young's 
Hotel. Post not Prospering. Sketch of Commander Nathan 
Appleton. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander Nathan Appleton. 

Senior Vice-Commander Albert W. Hersey, 

Junior Vice-Commander Daniel D. Wiley. 

Adjutant James R. Austin. 

Quartermaster Edward B. Richardson. 

Surgeon George T. Brown. 

Chaplain Luke R. Landy. 

Officer of the Day Nathaniel M. Putnam. 

Officer of the Guard James W. Dolliver. 

Sergeant Major Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Solomon Hovey, Jr. 

Trustee Relief Fund Wilmon W. Blackmar. 

FIRST SERVICE AT THE MONUMENT 

MAY 30 of this year marked the first decorative service at 
the new Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common. 
The Post assembled at headquarters with the 5th Regiment 
Band and the escort of Company A, 4th Battalion ("Tigers"). 
The Commander's honorary staff consisted of Martin Millmore, 
designer of the new monument, Edward W. Kinsley, Esq., and 
Colonel Augustus P. Martin. General Horace Binney Sargent 
and Major Pierce joined the Post at the Monument. 

In preparation for the event the Monument had been fes- 
tooned with Kalmia or laurel wreaths, relieved by hothouse 
plants placed on the steps between the bronzed figures. 

After the regular G. A. R. decorative service had been given, 

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ADDRESS OF GENERAL SARGENT 67 

General Sargent was introduced and delivered the following 
address : — 

Address of General Horace Binnet Sargent 

"Mr. Commander, Comrades and Fellow-citizens: To-day a nation 
honors men who died for it. This memorial shaft commemorates the 
triumphant anguish of a dark hour. It tells us of the patriotism of 
the citizens of Boston — of her heroism and her heroes. It is a solace 
to those who have mourned the bereavements of war ; and it is a silent 
teacher of generations of men. Here the aged patriot maj' refresh his 
heart and the schoolboy may learn the philosophy of History — that 
the angel of Liberty gives to every nation its heroic age, its Marathon 
and its Thermopylae. 

" The chief city of Massachusetts here records, in bronze and granite, 
the virtue of her citizens who gave their substance, their labors and 
their prayers to the Union. We, the survivors of regiments and 
batteries and ships of war, strew WTeaths to-day for those who gave 
their lives for it by land and sea ; dead comrades, dead ! who fought 
and fell to leave us a mighty nation undivided, with all her people free. 

" Once more. Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, once 
more, you come with the step and serried ranks of the old time. With 
the famihar drum-beat and the dear old bugle ring, by tens and hun- 
dreds you come, as once you came by thousands. 

" My fellow-citizens of Boston — - Behold the skeletons of regiments ! 
where are your legions ? Come \\ith me to your State Capitol. Enter 
with me that subUme chamber, where 265 battle-flags, resting with 
folded wngs like cherubim and seraphim, continually tell the trans- 
cendent story of your sons. Those tattered, blood-gilded battle-flags 
never forget ! 

" Watch, with me, under that dome, while some broken-down soldier 
seeks the flag of his regiment. Look at him when he finds it ! That 
torn banner, hanging so breathlessly still, night and day since the War, 
that the dust of twelve years ago rests on it now, is a phonograph of 
the past. The shred, the rag of fringe that clings to the splintered 
staff, passes with electric thrill before his memory. Look at him now, 
when the roof trembles, and the whole city shakes, with the volleyed 
thunders of Gettysburg! Under the electric fire of a soldier's heart, 
those battle-flags never forget ! All is repeated to his listening ear ; 
the rattle of musketry, the crash and roar of cannon, the roll of the 
drum, the blare of the trumpet, the neighing of horses, the vibrating 
tones of fierce command, the answering cheer, the rush, the yell, the 
oath, the gasp, the prayer, the jarring laughter out of the black smoke, 
the deep diapason of the distant guns in battery — all come back, -with. 
even the plaintive voice of some lone twittering woodland bird, in the 
strange after silence, with the whisper of the dying and the spirit-like 
sigh of the rent banner as it sways against the staff in the soft wind 
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68 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

of triumphant anguish in the past ; fields peaceful enough now with 
that peace which passeth all understanding ; peaceful fields, where 
forgiving nature's wild flowers on every Memorial Day decorate the 
shattered cannon, and bloom out of the eyeless skuU. Those battle- 
flags never forget ! 

"Most fitting is it that this tribute of art should be planted in the 
garden of the people of this old Revolutionary town. Most fitting that 
it should overlook the training field that has echoed with the tramp of 
Boston regiments drilling for the war of the great rebellion, and with 
the well-remembered tones of stern command from lips now silent in 
heroic graves. This column looks on the place where, from ancient 
days, the Governors of Massachusetts have, with military pageant, 
taken the chair of office. By this spot you, Comrades, have marched 
to receive the State's pale banner from the hands of the greatest of 
them all. And here, as war-worn veterans of a hundred fights, return- 
ing with your battle-flags all wreathed with triumph — • that banner 

— no longer pale — you have passed on your way to surrender to him 

— true, tender friend of soldiers and the State — the ensanguined 
standards that you had never yielded to her foes. 

" Immortal memories cling to these hills. Regenerate freedom, 
crimsoned by the sword, but stained no longer by the lash, commemo- 
rates here her agony of glory. All hail ! Free States and nation ! 
All hail ! Memorial Day of Boston's martial dead ! Aye, Comrades, 
wreathe this shaft with garlands for all her loyal brave ! Liberty, 
sown in anger and in tears, is reaped with love and joy by a more than 
ever united people. The cannon are silent, the sword is sheathed ; 
a nation of war-worn men, who have been foemen in an unhappy 
past, now clasp mailed hands together, and, with the words of angels, 
swell the harvest song of freedom, 'peace and good- will to men.' " 

At its conclusion the Post marched to the different burial 
grounds and decorated the graves. The march was then taken 
up for the South Congregational Church on Union Park Street, 
where the full service was performed. The music was furnished 
by Mrs. H. F. Knowles, Miss A. G. Spring, A. A. Bro^vn and 
Walter Davenport. Mr. Geo. B. Ford read "The Blue and the 
Gray," and Colonel Charles H. Clarke sang the "Memorial 
Hymn." Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., the orator of the 
day, delivered a fine address in which he drew special lessons of 
"what the Army has to teach the Nation." The church was 
well filled, and the Post never looked better. 

ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY 

The year passed quickly without any special features or 
events of note. November 22 brought the Post reunion at 



THE POST NOT PROSPERING 69 

Young's when a goodly number with invited guests sat to- 
gether again at the banquet board. 

Commander Appleton presided. The speakers responded 
to the usual toasts, and altogether it was a pleasant occasion, 
without any special enthusiasm. 

The principal speakers were Collector Beard, ex-Collector 
Simmons, Major Bell, Chaplain Quint, Comrades Mollis and 
Blackmar. The evening was filled out by songs and recitations. 
Among the other guests present were Colonel William X. 
Hutchins, Major Dewey and Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Stevens. 

THE POST NOT PROSPERING 

Notwithstanding the good front sho^vn by the Post in public 
May 30 and November 22, it was in reality onh^ kept going by 
the stout hearts and active efforts of a mere handful of Com- 
rades. The second year of Commander Appleton's administra- 
tion was less successful than the first. He had been travelling 
abroad most of the previous year and had also been absent from 
the State much of the time during the present one, and the 
Commander's work largely fell upon the Senior Vice-Com- 
mander. As is usual in cases where the actual head of an or- 
ganization is absent or unable from any cause to discharge his 
duties, the subordinate acts under a restraint ; he often hesi- 
tates to assume responsibilities and is satisfied to act in a more 
or less perfunctory way, continuing the mere routine without 
rising to the necessities of the hour. 

This is exactly what occurred in the present case. It is not 
to be wondered that doubts arose in the minds of many as to 
whether it would be practicable to continue the Post organiza- 
tion. 

Comrade James M. Richardson died October 7 and was buried 
in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Brookline. 

NATHAN APPLETON 

Service, Civil War. 5th Mass. Light Battery. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieu- 
tenant ; Captain, Aide-de-camp, Staff of General 
Wainwright, Commanding Artillery Brigade, 
5th Army Corps. 

Service, M. V. M. Captain, and Assistant Inspector-General. 
Staff Governor Andrew, Captain, Light 
Battery, "A." 



70 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Commander Appleton or Captain Nathan Appleton, as he 
always delighted to call himself, and by which title he was 
universally spoken of and known during the remainder of his 
life, after the War, was in many respects a remarkable man. 

His life was his own, and there was no duplicate. He was 
known almost the world over as a soldier, writer, diplomat and 
traveller ; a member of the aristocratic society, not only of Bos- 
ton and New York, but of nearly every capital of Europe. 

Captain Appleton was the friend of leading men in many 
walks. Famed as one of the literati of the latter part of the 
nineteenth century, as an intimate and relative of the family 
of the poet Longfellow, he was a man of international reputa- 
tion. 

He was born February 2, 1843, and was graduated from Har- 
vard with the famous class of '63. Upon his graduation he was 
appointed Second Lieutenant of the 5th Massachusetts Battery, 
and at once began his distinguished service in the Civil War. 
While an aide on the staff of General C. S. Wainwright, Apple- 
ton was severely wounded in the figh ing on the Virginia 
Central Railroad, and was breveted as Captain for gallant and 
meritorious conduct on the field. 

Like many men of leisure. Captain Appleton took a grand tour 
abroad after the close of the War, and travelled in Europe in 
1866 and 1867. 

He was a delegate of the Boston Board of Trade at the open- 
ing of the Suez Canal in 1869, and immediately after began to 
interest himself in the Panama Canal project. He allied him- 
self with Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, of French Panama Canal 
fame, a man who from then on became his hero and master. 
He also allied himself with the house of Bowles Brothers, bankers 
in London, Paris and the United States, a rash speculative 
venture which, in 1872, ended in disaster, and financially ruined 
many. Captain Appleton had technical opportunity for evad- 
ing his obligations, but he put the whole of his private for- 
tune at the disposal of the creditors, and came out of the affair 
plucked clean, but with flying colors. His brother, Thomas 
Gold Appleton, shared generously with Nathan during his life, 
as he did in the testamentary disposition of his property. 

Meantime Captain Appleton kept busy along many lines at 
home and abroad. He was a representative at the French 



COMMANDER APPLETON 71 

exposition of 1878. In 1879, at the Canal International Con- 
gress, he appeared as an ardent supporter of the Panama route. 
He accompanied De Lesseps to Panama in 1870, and loyally 
supported his chief in the then much-mooted route question. 

Captain Appleton had many eccentricities, but withal was a 
most genial man, and retained his affection for Post No. 113 to 
the end. He attended the meetings from time to time and de- 
livered many addresses upon various subjects before the Post 
and its guests. 

Upon the more important Grand Army functions held in 
Boston he took pleasure in representing the Post upon promi- 
nent committees. 

Captain Appleton passed beyond, August 25, 1906, at the 
Hotel Nottingham, Boston, and his funeral was held in King's 
Chapel under the direction of the Post. 

"On fame's eternal camping ground, 
His silent tent is spread." 



CHAPTER XIV 

Eighteen Hundred Seventy-nine 

Memorial Day. Past Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar, Orator. 
The Post Declining and Surrender of Charter Considered. 
Tenth Anniversary at Young's. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER BLACKMAR 

Commander Albert W. Hersey. 

Senior Vice-Commander Daniel D. Wiley. 

Junior Vice-Commander Louis N. Tucker. 

f Luke R. Landy. 
Adjutant -I Henry W. Fernald. 



Vice Landy' resigned. 

Quartermaster Edward B. Richardson. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Thomas H. Atwood. 

Officer of the Guard W. Wallace Waugh. 

Sergeant Major Thomas R. Mathews. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Solomon Hovey, Jr. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Mollis. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common was 
impressively draped, and the base held tropical plants. The 
Post, escorted by Company K, 1st Infantry, with the Medford 
Band, left headquarters and took up the march to the monu- 
ment via City Hall and the State House. At the former place 
Mayor Prince and members of the city government, and at the 
latter Governor Talbot and staff, joined the column. A large 
concourse of citizens were present, including Martin Millmore, 
the artist. General A. P. Martin and others. The Rev. Minot 
J. Savage offered prayer, and vocal selections were given by the 
Schubert Club ; then followed the G. A. R. service concluding 
with an earnest address by Comrade Wilmon W. Blackmar, 
and a musical selection. The Post returned direct to head- 
quarters and was dismissed. 




ALBERT W. HBRSBY 
Post Commander, 1879 and 1880 



SURRENDER OF CHARTER CONSIDERED 73 

POST DECLINING 

For some years it had been only too evident that the Post 
was not holding its own, and it was harder each succeeding year 
to pay legitimate expenses, though usually sufficient had been 
collected to meet the outlay for Memorial Days. 

Each new Commander, however, assumed his duties with a 
seeming conviction that he held the wand of destiny, and failure 
was impossible. 

Each Commander promptly promulgated his panacea and 
summoned the Comrades to his banner. 

It was Thoreau who announced the theory that building air 
castles was a good business, — "if you put good foundations 
under them." Whether the optimistic statements issued year 
after year to the effect that the Post was ''in a flourishing con- 
dition," "well established," "financially prosperous," "on a 
permanently sound basis," etc., constituted a "good founda- 
tion," may well be doubted. 

The "but" which always accompanied the roseate state- 
ments indicated " a fly in the ointment." The real difficulty lay 
in the decline of the Order in public estimation, and was strongly 
manifested by the lack of personal interest of the Post member- 
ship. The real truth was, few attended the meetings, and 
it was generally difficult to drum up a sufficient number to 
temporarily fill the few official chairs. 

Again, few paid their dues ; many resigned and were dis- 
charged; others transferred or allowed their membership to 
lapse by suspension or dropping from the roll ; in brief, the 
accessions were few and the losses many. 

The prospects of the Post were now less auspicious than ever 
before ; burdened with a decreasing and unresponsive member- 
ship, the Commander was only cheered by receiving for the 
year one sole, solitary new member, who from some cause 
strayed into the fold on a belated transfer. Under these cir- 
cumstances the advisability of winding up the Post's affairs 
was seriously considered, and the number favoring this step 
gradually increased as time and difficulties advanced. The con- 
dition of Post No. 113 was not exceptional ; sister organizations 
were also having a struggle for existence, while many in fact 
succumbed. 



74 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

ANNIVERSARY 

The tenth annual reunion and banquet, November 22, at 
Young's, was fairly well attended. Commander Hersey 
presided and Comrade Blackmar was Toast-master. The 
speakers were Collector Beard, General J. H. Wilson, U. S. 
Army, Colonel R. M. Pulsifer and Mr. Edward W. Kinsley. 

A fine gold badge of the United States Cavalry Association 
was presented to Toast-Master Blackmar by Comrade Attwood, 
in honor of the recipient's recent election as Vice-President of 
the Association. 

Comrade John C. Putnam died June 24 and was buried at 
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. 



CHAPTER XV 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty 

Memorial Services at Boston and Hingham. Colonel Thomas 
W. HiGGiNSON, Orator at Boston. Past Commander Blackmar, 
Orator at Hingham. The 250th Anniversary op Boston. 
Honors shown the Langston Guards of Norfolk, Virginia. 
The Post Charter Saved. Eleventh Anniversary at Young's. 
Sketch of Commander Albert W. Hersey. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER 
AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander Albert W. Hersey. 

Senior Vice-Commander Louis N. Tucker. 

Junior Vice-Commander Edward J. Jones. 

Adjutant Henry W. Fernald. 

Quartermaster Silas Sanborn, Jr. 

Surgeon George T. Perkins. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Charles H. Boardman. 

Officer of the Guard W. Wallace Waugh. 

Sergeant Major Nathaniel M. Putnam. 

Quartermaster Sergeant E. Clifford Walker. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Hollis. 

COLONEL THOMAS W. HIGGINSON, ORATOR, MAY 29 

THE cerpmonies of Memorial Day were this year celebrated 
Saturday, May 29. The services were divided into two 
parts : in the morning at Boston and the afternoon at Hingham. 
Assembling at headquarters at 9 a.m., the Post, lead by the 
Medford Band and escorted by Company K, 1st Regiment, 
M. V. M., marched to City Hall, and Mayor Prince, members of 
the city government and heads of departments were received ; 
thence to the State House, where Governor Long and staff 
joined the procession, and all proceeded to the Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Monument, which had been previously decorated with 
cut flowers and a large number of potted plants. 

75 



76 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Unusual interest in the services was manifested by the large 
number of citizens present, many doubtless anxious to hear the 
orator of the occasion, Colonel Thomas W. Higginson. The 
exercises commenced by the band playing "Niebelungen " ; the 
formal decorative G. A. R. service was then performed, and 
Colonel Higginson delivered in a clear and distinct voice, heard 
by all, the oration of the day. 

AT HINGHAM 

At the close of the services at the Common, the Post and 
escort, with Governor John D. Long and staff, marched to the 
wharf and took boat for Hingham. 

The ceremonies of the afternoon were conducted by the 
united aid of Posts No. 104 of Hingham, No. 112 of South Scitu- 
ate, No. 58 of Weymouth and No. 113 of Boston. 

After partaking of dinner at Agricultural Hall, services were 
held in the upper hall, consisting of music, prayer and an ora- 
tion by Past Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar, then Judge 
Advocate-General on the staff of Governor Long. 

Line was then formed, and the Posts, with a large number of 
citizens, proceeded to the Hingham Cemetery. The Soldiers' 
Monument was first visited, where, after a dirge by the Medford 
Band and remarks by Commander Reed, Post No. 104 deco- 
rated the soldiers' graves. All then repaired to the grave of 
Governor Andrew, and after an eloquent address by Governor 
Long the monument and statue were decorated. Post No. 113 
returned by the evening boat and was dismissed. 

THE TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BOSTON 

The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of 
Boston, September 17, was an occasion of much interest to 
every one residing in the vicinity. 

The ceremonies were elaborate and attracted the leading men 
and women of the land, especially New England. The exercises 
commenced the evening before at Faneuil Hall, with a brilliant 
opening, which included two solid hours of oratory. The honors 
were carried off by the venerable Robert C. Winthrop, the witty 
and polished William M. Evarts, the stately General Charles 
Devens and the unassuming but skilful Mayor Prince. A great 



THE POST SAVES ITS CHARTER 77 

reception was accorded Mayor Courtenay of Charleston, South 
CaroUna, which was regarded as remarkable in view of the 
violent attacks that had appeared in certain papers, directed 
against the Southern people, since Post No. 113 had affiliated 
with ex-Confederates five years before on a Memorial Day. 

The grand parade on the 17th was participated in by most 
of the Suffolk County Posts of the G.A. R., John A. Hawes, 
Department Commander, and Charles B. Fox, Division Mar- 
shal, General A. P. Martin being IVIarshal-in-Chief. The fol- 
lowing Comrades who were then, or have since been members of 
Post No. 113, acted in some official capacity in the parade, viz. 
Alline, Attwood, C. G., Blackmar, Bixby, Boardman, Dalton, 
Davis, Field, Jr., Gelray, Horton, Haldeman, Henry, Hersey, 
Hiscock, Ingalls, Jones, Marion, Meserve, Millar, Parker, B. S., 
Pope, Richardson, Robins, Reed, C. W., Sampson, Sanborn, Jr., 
Tucker, Louis N., Trull and Wales. 

The column also contained many Civic Societies, the Militia, 
several regiments of the National Guard of New York and the 
Langston Guard of Norfolk, Virginia. All made a fine appear- 
ance. The company from Virginia naturally attracted much 
attention and was cordially received. 

The various attendant meetings of the day, concerts, etc., 
were numerous, but need not be mentioned here. 

POST SAVES CHARTER 

The general affairs of the Post reached their lowest ebb in 
the autumn and winter of this year. Practically without rev- 
enue, with a mere nominal membership, very, very few taking 
any interest in the Post, the question of surrendering the char- 
ter was brought up for serious action. As many members as 
possible had been induced to attend a meeting to act upon a 
motion to disband the organization; the subject was debated 
with great earnestness. Comrades Blackmar and others had 
come to believe that further struggle to keep up the present 
organization was futile, and advocated the surrender of the char- 
ter, proposing as a substitute the forming of an Army and Navy 
Club or Veterans' Association. This was strongly combated 
by Comrades Sampson, Landy, Mathews and Sanderson. Com- 
rade Sampson was especially determined and insistent that the 
Post should continue. Upon the test vote a majority favored 



78 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

retaining the charter and fighting it out, believing, with Harriet 
Beecher Stowe, that : — 

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you 
until it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then, 
for that is just the place and the time that the tide will turn." 

The turning point in the life of Post No. 113 had been 
reached. 

Of course new appeals were now put forth, and a variety of 
changes in methods, times and number of meetings, etc., were 
tried, with little response by the members, and there really was 
no new encouragement forthcoming for the remainder of the 
year. 

THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY 

November 22 again found the Post at Young's with quite 
a distinguished number of guests ; for a good dinner always 
brought them. There was a fair attendance of Comrades and 
a successful reunion. 

Commander Hersey presided, and after a short speech of wel- 
come introduced Past Commander Sampson as Toast-master, 
Assistant Adjutant-General Kingsbury responded for Governor 
Long, who was unable to be present. Mayor Prince was next in- 
troduced " as a real live prince," and spoke very pleasantly. He 
said he regretted that he was not one of the Comrades, but had 
had two brothers in the War and his interest in the Post was sin- 
cere. Cobb Brothers sang '' Ye Sons of Freedom," and as an en- 
core "I'm Wearing Awa', Jean." Mr. Edward W. Kinsley was 
received with a storm of applause and related some war incidents. 
Monsieur Verleye, French Consul at Boston, Comrades Charles 
B. Fox, ex-Collector Simmons and Mr. T. H. Hill were the other 
speakers. F. G. Reynolds gave Irish recitations, and Cobb 
Brothers sang "Dutch Opera." The evening's entertainment 
closed with the song "The Heart Bowed Down," by Charles 
T. Dolan. 

Comrade George T. Perkins, the Post Surgeon, passed from 
earth December 7, and was laid at rest in Grace Church Ceme- 
tery, Newton Lower Falls. 



COMMANDER HERSEY 79 



ALBERT W. HERSEY 

Service, Civil War. 51st Massachusetts Infantry, 

Service^ M. V. M. Militia Company District No. 186. Captain. 

Roxbury City Guards (1st Regiment Infantry). 

1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 
1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and 
Mustering Officer. 

Commander Hersey was one of the early members who united 
with the Post soon after its organization in 1870, and whose 
connection has been continuous until the present time. His 
election as Vice-Commander and Commander came during the 
most critical years Post No. 113 has experienced. It was a 
period when the Grand Army in this Department was sorely 
tried and immediately preceded the revival which appeared 
soon after his term ended. 

An inspection of the roll of officers shows the many stations 
which he has filled, but the most important, perhaps, is his 
continuous service as one of the Trustees of the Relief Fund, 
extending from the institution of the Board until the present 
time. He has outhved both of his contemporaries, and the years 
still rest lightly upon his shoulders. He has learned the secret 
of carrying life's burdens with equanimity, serene m the con- 
fident belief that as each day's duties come, so will his strength 
be. Verily a great truth that many another Comrade might 
well practise with profit and added years. 

"Sing a song o' sunshine, 
Live a life of cheer. 
Smile instead of frowning, 
Never fret or fear ; 

•'Do your duty gayly, 
Cast your cares aside, 
There is sunshine somewhere, 
Choose life's sunny side.". 



CHAPTER XVI 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-one 

A Discouraging Outlook. A Turn in the Road. Reception 
TO Commander-in-Chief Wagner. May 30 made a Legal Holi- 
day. Grand Memorial Parade. Special Services by Post No. 
113. Governor John D. Long, Orator. Soldiers' Home 
Established. Death of President Garfield. Post Anniver- 
sary. The Tide had Turned. Revival of Post. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER ALBERT W. HERSEY 

Commander Thomas R. Mathews. 

Senior Vice-Commander Henry W. Fernald. 

Junior Vice-Commander Cyrus S. Haldeman. 

Adjutant Thomas H. Atwood. 

Quartermaster W. Wallace Waugh. 

Surgeon Dr. Joseph H. Warren. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Charles H. Boardman. 

Officer of the Guard Russell Carruth. 

Sergeant Major Eugene H. Richards. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Augustus N. Sampson. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Hollis. 

A DISCOURAGING OUTLOOK 

A MAJORITY of those present at a regular meeting had de- 
cided to hold on to the charter and endeavor to place the 
Post in a better financial position. 

The next thing was to carry this out. How could it be done ? 
The new Board of officers was confronted with the proposition 
of taking an organization with a membership who neither at- 
tended the meetings, nor paid their dues to defray necessary 
expenses, and in a general condition of decay which had ex- 
isted for several years. 

It was certainly a discouraging outlook for the administration 
that had just come into power. Commander Mathews, how- 
ever, bravely assumed the reins, adopting the sentiment of the 

80 




THOMAS R. MATHEWS 
Post Commander. 1881 and 1882 



A TURN IX THE ROAD 81 

old saying that " If we do not try to do our best to-day, we have 
no reasonable right to expect that to-morrow will be an im- 
provement on it." He forthwith made a careful study of ex- 
isting conditions and proceeded to formulate plans for the re- 
habilitation of the Post. 

A TURN IN THE ROAD 

Commander Mathews's study of the situation convinced him 
that several changes were imperative, the two most important 
being the necessity of materially reducing expenses and the 
adoption of measures to bring the Post members into closer touch 
with each other. The nominal memliership was about thirty- 
five, while the active contingent could be numbered on the 
fingers and thumbs. 

To effect the first object, the headquarters, No. 608 Washing- 
ton Street, were given up ; this large item of expense had been 
the most difficult to meet for several years. 

To attain the second object, it was determined to hold the 
meetings at Young's Hotel, where a light lunch was to be served, 
without expense to the members. At first, some ten or twelve 
attended, the number increasing as the year went on. 

This arrangement caused considerable criticism among the 
other Boston Posts; some claiming that "113" was no longer 
a Grand Army Post, but simply a club ; that it had no facilities 
for carrying on Post work and was not, in fact, doing an>i;hing 
that entitled it to hold a Charter. To meet one of these objec- 
tions, it was the practice to take the charter to Young's 
each meeting, where it Avas hung up on the wall. Whatever 
business there was to do, and it was very little, as there were no 
applications, was transacted in a few minutes, and the rest of 
the evening was devoted to the lunch and social converse. 
It was understood that each person present must take some part 
in enlivening the occasion. 

The result was that a good many antiquated " Chestnuts" were 
cracked, but, all in all, it brought the "boys" together, and 
the spirit of fraternity grew apace. Various devices or harmless 
]iranks were originated to make fim and good feeling. For 
instance, upon one occasion a certain member, somewhat noted 
for perpetrating stories of ancient lineage, arose and commenced 
to speak ; on the instant every one else, as if by intuition, quickly 



82 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

slid under the table, much to the surprise and discomfiture 
of the story-teller. Similar odd doings put each attendant on 
his mettle and created merriment. There was always "a skir- 
mish of wit between them." 

During the latter part of this year, to obviate the criticisms 
which still continued, a small room was hired for one meeting 
a month, at No. 176 Tremont Street. The important meeting 
of the month, however, was still held at Young's with the lunch 
and social attachment. 

After a time the lunches were made more substantial, and 
occasionally one or more guests were invited, whose gifts of 
speech, story, song or other diversion increased the attractive- 
ness of the gatherings and contributed to the end the Com- 
mander had in view. 

It is human nature to do gladly those things that appeal to 
inclination or pleasure, and there is usually a willingness to pay 
liberally to promote them, while the call of mere duty or the 
moral obligation attached to a membership in any association 
that has ceased to attract is carried lightly and grudgingly. In 
this instance human nature followed the usual trend. As the 
membership drew together, personal interest in the Post in- 
creased, financial obligations were again recognized and the 
Quartermaster's heart was gladdened by the payment of dues 
many, many months in arrears. It was not long before the new 
policy adopted bore fruit, not only in increased revenue, but 
in the more important matter of strengthening the ties of 
fraternity and harmony, which constitute the true basis and 
support of all human society. 

From the dozen that first attended the "lunch meetings" 
the number gradually increased, till toward the end of the year 
the average number was about twenty-five ; thus a majority of 
the membership were included in the new awakening and quick- 
ening. 

Lord Stowell was right in saying, "A dinner lubricates busi- 
ness." 

RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WAGNER 

April 22 a reception was given in honor of the visit of Com- 
mander-in-Chief Louis Wagner, at Faneuil Hall, in which the 
Post participated. 



GRAND MEMORIAL PARADE 83 



MAY 30 A LEGAL HOLIDAY 

Sixteen years after the close of the war, Memorial Day or, 
as first denominated, "Decoration Day," was made a legal 
holiday in ]\Iassachusetts. 



GRAND MEMORIAL PARADE 

The most extensive celebration of Memorial Day in Boston 
occurred on May 30 of this year. 

The event took the character of a public parade with memorial 
exercises at Tremont Temple. Colonel Augustus P. Martin was 
Chief Marshal, and the column was made up of the following 
organizations, viz. — 1st Battalion of Cavalry (Companies 
A and D), 9th Regiment of Infantry, Company L, 6th Regiment 
of Infantry and Battery A, Light Artillery, of the M. V. M., 
the Suffolk County Association G. A. R., Charles B. Fox com- 
manding. Posts Nos. 11, 15 and 68, 1st Corps of Cadets, 
M. V. M., escorting Governor John D. Long and staff. Posts 
Nos. 113, 134, 149, 2 and 21, visiting Posts and barges with 
disabled veterans, and a detachment of Boston High School 
Regiment, escorting Mayor Frederick O. Prince and city gov- 
ernment in carriages. The principal organizations were pro- 
vided with music. At the close of the parade, exercises were 
held at the Temple, consisting of a Grand Army service and an 
oration by Governor Long. Music was furnished by a select 
chorus of one hundred fifty school children, under the direction 
of Mr. Julius Eichberg, Mr. Weston, organist. A large num- 
ber of prominent citizens were present. 



SPECIAL SERVICES BY POST NO. 113 

The Post, after decorating the graves and tablets in the 
city proper, marched to the Common, where it held its usual 
services at the Monument, followed by an appropriate 
address by Commander IVIathews, after which it joined the 
column for the parade and attended the exercises at Tremont 
Temple. 

In the afternoon the Post partook of the regular monthly 
dinner at Young's. 



84 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 



SOLDIERS HOME 

An important event of the year was the purchase of the "High- 
land Park House," on Powder Horn Hill, Chelsea, for a Soldiers' 
Home, thus bringing to fruition a hope long cherished by the 
Grand Army of the Department, and in which Post No. 113 had 
done its full share to accomplish. 

Later in the year the Post gave very substantial aid toward 
the success of a grand Fair, held in Mechanics Building, from 
which the sum of $45,804.76 was netted in aid of the Home. 



DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD 

September was saddened by the death of Comrade James A. 
Garfield, President of the United States, at the hand of an 
assassin. 

ANNIVERSARY, NOVEMBER 22 

The twelfth reunion and banquet at Young's was well at- 
tended, and many guests were present. Commander Mathews 
presided. In closing his speech of welcome, he introduced Past 
Commander Sampson as Toast-master. A letter from Governor 
Long was read, and Comrade Blackmar, Judge Advocate on his 
staff, responded. A letter of regret was also read from Mayor 
Prince, and President Pratt of the Common Council spoke for 
the city. A letter from Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill 
followed. Department Commander Creasey spoke for the 
Department, and Comrade Fox, for the Suffolk County Asso- 
ciation, made an eloquent speech. The Association of Com- 
pany F, 44th Regiment, dining in an adjoining room, were 
invited in and joined in the postprandial exercises; its presi- 
dent, Cyrus Cobb, thanking the Post for the courtesy. 

The other speakers were ex-Collector Simmons, Mr. Edward 
W. Kinsley and Samuel Cobb of the Home Journal. 

To "Our Departed Comrades" the Lotus Glee Club sang 
"The Soldier's Farewell." 

The exercises were interesting and enjoyed by all, though 
less enthusiasm was manifested than upon some previous 
anniversaries. 



NEW HOPE 85 

THE TIDE HAD TURNED 

Although not a single accession had been gained to the mem- 
bership during the year, it was evident that the tide had indeed 
turned and Post No. 113 had experienced new hope and cour- 
age. The "dead-wood" had been largely eliminated, and the 
remaining members had closed up the ranks and were standing 
together as they had not before for many a year. Confident 
hope and willing hearts welcomed the future of "113." 

Comrade Horace McMurtrie passed onward December 1 
and was placed at rest in Mt. Auburn. 



CHAPTER XVII 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-two 

The New System Continued. Banquet to Commander-in-Chief 
George S. Merrill. Ceremonies by Suffolk County Asso- 
ciation, May 30. Services by Post No. 113. Charles E. Pratt, 
Esq., Orator. The Grand Army again in Favor. Return 
TO No. 608 Washington Street. Second Grand Fair in Aid 
OF Soldiers' Home. Anniversary Reception and Banquet, with 
"Ladies' Night." Inspection. Growth of Relief Fund. Great 
Results. Post Rehabilitated. Sketch of Commander Thomas 
R. Mathews. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER J. EDWARD HOLLIS 

Commander Thomas R. Mathews. 

Senior Vice-Commander Henry W. Fernald. 

Junior Vice-Commander Cyrus S. Haldeman. 

Adjutant Thomas H. Atwood. 

Quartermaster W. Wallace Waugh. 

Surgeon Dr. J. H. Warren. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Augustine Sanderson. 

Officer of the Guard E. Clifford Walker. 

Sergeant Major Eugene H. Richards. 

Quartermaster Sergeant William K. Millar. 

Trustee Relief Fund J. Edward Hollis. 

THE NEW SYSTEM CONTINUED 

THE general system inaugurated by Commander Mathews 
and followed with such good results the previous year was 
continued. The monthly lunches were held and gradually 
elaborated into substantial dinners, at which additional guests 
were entertained. In January Colonel Arnold A. Rand was 
present ; in February, Hon. Charles E. Pratt ; in March, Mayor 
Green and others, with the Lotus Glee Club. 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF MERRILL 

The first event of interest was the banquet held at Young's 
Hotel in honor of Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill, at 
which many of the Post were present. 

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GRAND ARMY ONCE MORE IN FAVOR 87 

MAY 30 

The ceremonies of Memorial Day again took on a general 
character. Post No. 113, after making the customary decora- 
tions in the morning, reassembled at 2 p.m. and escorted by 
Company D, 1st Infantry, M. V. M., marched to City Hall, 
where they were joined by Mayor Green and the City Govern- 
ment ; thence to the Monument on the Common, where the 
ritual was followed and an address made by Charles E. Pratt, 
Esq., President of the Common Council. The line was then 
re-formed, and the Post took its place in the column on Beacon 
Street composed of the Posts of the Suffolk County Associa- 
tion, after which the march was taken up to Mechanics Build- 
ing. The services there were under the direction of the 
association. 

At 6 P.M. the Post returned to its headquarters and thence 
adjourned to Young's Hotel, where the regular monthly dinner 
was enjoyed. Among the guests were Mayor Green, Hon. 
Charles E. Pratt, the Post orator of the day, and Martin Mill- 
more, sculptor of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. 

THE GRAND ARMY AGAIN IN FAVOR 

The change in the temper of the public toward the Grand 
Army had been very marked for several years, and in the West- 
ern States the organization was rapidly regaining its lost pres- 
tige. The East, with its usual conservatism, was slower in 
participating in the wave of popularity, but it was working 
as a silent influence and doubtless aided the revivifying of the 
Post internally during the year just passed. The outward 
manifestation of returning popularity was early shouTi in 1882 
by many applications for reinstatements of dropped or sus- 
pended members, and the additions of new members by transfer 
and initiations. 

Department Commander Patch estimated that of the one 
hundred sixty thousand sent to the war by Massachusetts at 
least forty thousand were alive and eligible for membership 
in the Grand Army, while the membership. May 1, was only 
about eleven thousand. An earnest appeal was made to all 
Posts to push recruiting for the Order. 



88 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

RETURN TO NO. 608 WASHINGTON STREET 

To meet the new conditions, Preble Hall at No. 176 Tre- 
mont Street was hired, but before many months had elapsed 
the Post found itself again back at the old stand at No. 608 
Washington Street, in connection with the headquarters of the 
1st Regiment Infantry, M. V. M., of which Comrade Nathaniel 
Wales was Colonel, and who the same year became the Gen- 
eral Commanding the 1st Brigade, of which the 1st Regiment 
formed a part. Comrade Austin C. Wellington succeeded to 
the Colonelcy of the Regiment. 

The Post meetings again became well attended, and the old 
spirit of comradeship was again shown. 

THE soldiers' HOME AGAIN 

The Post again came to the front in support of another Fair 
given by the Suffolk County Posts in aid of the new Soldiers' 
Home, held at Horticultural Hall, on Tremont Street, in No- 
vember, at which Past Commander Augustus N. Sampson was 
Chief Marshal, supported by all the members of the Post and 
their lady friends. The financial result of the Post's exertions 
was very flattering. The total amount netted for the Home 
was nearly eight thousand dollars, which was more than all 
the other Posts in the Department contributed. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The thirteenth annual banquet, usually held November 22, 
was, on account of the Soldiers' Home Fair, deferred to De- 
cember 8, at which time it took the form of a "Ladies' Night," 
in recognition of the excellent work done by the ladies in 
support of the efforts of the Post upon that occasion. 

The reception and banquet were given at the Parker House, 
at which Governor Long and other distinguished guests were 
present. 

An elaborate menu was served, and the musical, dramatic 
and literary entertainment was of a high order. 

Commander Mathews presided and in a happy manner wel- 
comed all to the banquet, warmly thanking the ladies for their 
devotion and self-sacrificing labors for the old soldiers during 
the recent Fair. 



RESULTS AND GROWTH 89 

Comrade Eugene H. Richards acted as Toast-master in a 
pleasing manner. 

The speakers were Governor Long for the State, Hon. Charles 
E. Pratt for the city, Department Commander Patch for the 
Grand Army, and Past Commander Blackmar for the ladies. 

About one hvmdred and twenty-five enjoj'ed the evening, 
which was in all respects a pronounced success. 

INSPECTION 

The Post was inspected by Comrade Samuel D. Cushing, 
Aide-de-Camp on the Department staff. 

RESULTS 

The trite saying that "nothing succeeds like success" was 
fully illustrated by the two 3'ears' administration of Commander 
Mathews. 

The additions to the membership the present year were six- 
teen ; the losses by death, two — Comrades George J. Thompson 
in September and Charles L. Merrill, December 13. In clos- 
ing his second year, Commander Mathews was able to announce 
that his plans for the Post had proved an unqualified success. 
In his report he says : — 

"The meetings were fully attended, a goodly number of unexcep- 
tional members having been added to the roll, and the Post has 
attained a sound financial condition, ha\ing no outstanding debts and 
a handsome balance in the treasury." 

In truth, a record of results, of which any man might well be 
proud ! 

GROWTH OF RELIEF FUND 

"Ah, take the Cash, and let the Promise go, 
Nor heed the music of a distant Drum !" 

— Omar Khayyam. 

As already noted, the Post Relief Fund was established in 
1872, and placed in the charge of a single trustee, without 
power of expenditure ; this prerogative being exclusively exer- 
cised by special vote of the Post, as occasion from time to time 
arose. 

From 1872 to 1881 the condition of the fund was subject to 



90 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

many and various vicissitudes. It was "borrowed," from time 
to time, to eke out the depleted treasury of the Quartermaster 
for current expenses, and it was also used to make up deficien- 
cies of Memorial Day collections. 

Upon one occasion the fund was split in half by the failure 
of a bank where it was deposited. The fund, originally five 
hundred dollars, had reached its lowest figure in 1881. 

In 1883 Commander Mathews became Chairman of the 
Memorial Day Finance Committee, and thereafter each year 
a substantial sum was added to the fund after paying the ex- 
penses of the day. The fund was also increased by several 
special efforts made by the Post. 

During the succeeding fifteen years the sums collected by 
Comrades Mathews, Sanderson, Sanborn and others were very 
large, and at the time Comrade Mathews relinquished the oner- 
ous duties of Chairman, he had the satisfaction of knowing 
that the fund had accumulated from an insignificant sum to 
over twenty thousand dollars. A record for him and his able 
associates that the Post and future beneficiaries will remember 
with gratitude and lively appreciation! 

Since that time the fund has been more than kept good, not- 
withstanding the large amounts annually donated for charity, 
by the excellent work of Comrade Adams and his co-workers 
upon the same Committee. With the new life and activities 
which sprang forth in 1882 the plan of a board of three trustees 
of the Relief Fund was substituted for the single trusteeship, 
but the Post still held to itself the power of voting from time to 
time such sums for relief purposes as it deemed best. Past 
Commanders Hollis, Blackmar and Hersey were chosen the 
first board of trustees, commencing their duties in January, 
1883. They were subsequently annually reelected up to 1899, 
when Past Commander Hollis was taken away by death, and 
Past Commander Ira B. Goodrich was chosen to fill the va- 
cancy. In 1905 Past Commander Blackmar followed Past 
Commander Hollis, and his place on the board was filled by 
the choice of Comrade James Bruerton, who was also taken in 
January, 1908, and was replaced by Past Commander George 
H. Graves. In 1899 the Post, adopting a new code of By-Laws, 
relinquished all control over the Relief Fund by giving to the 
trustees absolute power as to the holding and expenditure 



COMMANDER MATHEWS 91 

thereof. This change was not apparently understood until 
brought out a year or so later, when the Post attempted to 
vote a small donation from this fund. 

A subsequent proposal to amend the By-Laws, partially 
restoring to the Post the power of donating from the fund, was 
after full consideration negatived, thus leaving the Relief Fund 
solely at the disposition of the trustees, subject to the general 
provisions of the By-Laws as to the purposes for which it 
could be expended. 

THOMAS R. MATHEWS 

Service, Civil War. 1st Mass. Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at Glen- 
dale, Virginia, June 30, 1862. Prisoner of War, 
Libby P*rison. 
Service, M. V. M. 1st Battalion Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 

1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; 

Major ; Lieutenant-Colonel ; Colonel. 
Brigadier-General, 1st Brigade. 
Major-General (retired). President Military 
Board of E.xaminers of the Mass. Vol. Militia, 
1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 ; President 
of Military Board on the organization of the 
Militia, 1907. 
President of Military Advisory Board of Gov- 
ernor Woleott during the Spanish-American 
War, 1898. 
."'Tis not in mortals to command success. 

But we'll do more, Sempronius : we'll deserve it." 

— Cato, Act I, Sc. 2. 

Commander Mathews first came into notice as an officer of 
the Post in 1874 through his appointment by Commander 
Denny as Adjutant, which position he acceptably filled three 
years, passing to Senior Vice-Commander in 1877. In 1879 
he was Sergeant Major, and two years later was chosen Com- 
mander. 

His services as Commander for two years and his invaluable 
subsequent work as Chairman of the Memorial Day Finance 
Committee for fifteen years have been already noted, y^i 
few of the present members of the Post fully realize the wisdom, 
tact and judgment shown in his remarkable revivification of 
the organization during his service as Commander. It seemed 
little short of genius. 



92 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Commander Mathews's actions were never spectacular ; on 
the contrary, every move was carefully planned and quietly 
executed, so quietly that whatever was suggested, seemed as 
the most natural and proper thing to be done at the particular 
time. 

It has been said that he was born a diplomat, able to handle 
men so deftly that each person thought the thing done was the 
carrying out of some pet idea of his owti. As a shrewd and 
able administrator, he has never had a peer in Post No. 113. 
Smooth and persuasive in debate, he has easily outgeneralled 
many with more aggressive speech and manner. 

Thomas a Kempis once said, "All men commend patience, 
though few be willing to practise it." 

Comrade Mathews not only practised patience, but possessed 
that exceedingly effective Jesuitical trait of being willing to 
wait. Few persons understand the power of a fixed purpose 
and willingness to patiently wait for results. 

It is not too much to say that, in all the long line of able 
Comrades who have presided over the Post, both before and 
since Commander Mathews's administration, none have culti- 
vated more effectively the spirit of fraternity, or whose labors 
have borne a greater or more beneficent fruitage. 

"Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a 
man should rejoice in liis own works ; for that is his portion : for who 
shall bring him to see what shall be after him? " — Eccl. iii. 22. 




EUGENE H. RICHARDS 
Post Commander, 1883 and 1884 



CHAPTER XVIII 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-three 

The Suffolk County Association, May 30. Mayor Palmer, 
Orator. Observance by Post No. 113. Rev. Edward A. 
HoRTON, Orator. Advance of the Grand Army. The Four- 
teenth Anniversary. Blaine, Morse and Robinson. The 
Force of Precedent. 

officers installed by past commander wilmon w. blackmar 

Commander Eugene H. Richards. 

Senior Vice-Commander Augustine Sanderson. 

Junior Vice-Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

Adjutant Thomas L. OBrion. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Joseph H. Warren. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Charles W. Reed. 

Officer of the Guard Augustus Jacobs. 

Sergeant Major Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas R. Mathews. 

( Comrades Hollis, Ch., 

Trustees Relief Fund Blackmar and 

[ Hersey. 

the SUFFOLK COUNTY ASSOCIATION, MAY 30 

^'^UE Suffolk County Association observed Memorial Day 
with Posts Nos. 2, 7, 15, 21, 32, 68, 134 and 149 parading 
and by exercises in Faneuil Hall. An Oration was delivered by 
Mayor Palmer, and a large number of prominent citizens were 
in attendance. Post No. 113, however, preferred to hold its 
own services and consequently did not take part in the Associ- 
ation parade or exercises. This was the last public celebration 
by the Suffolk County Association in the city proper upon 
Memorial Day, and thereafter the duty was left entirely in the 
hands of Post No. 113, who has since had sole control of these 

exercises. • 

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94 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

OBSERVANCE BY POST NO. 113 

After decorating the graves in Copp's Hill, Granary, South 
End, the Common, and graves of former members in Forest 
Hills and Mt. Auburn — sixty graves in all — and the tablets 
in King's Chapel, Park Street and Berkeley Street churches, 
Chauncy Hall and the Latin School, and Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument, the Post marched to the Second Church, Copley 
Square, escorted by three companies of the 1st Infantry and one 
of the 5th Infantry, M. V. M., with the Waltham Band, where 
the full G. A. R. ritual was given, aided by appropriate music 
and an Oration by the Rev. Edward A. Horton. In the after- 
noon the regular monthly dinner was served at Young's Hotel. 

ADVANCE OF THE GRAND ARMY 

The upward turn for Post No, 113, as well as the Grand 
Army generally, was now fairly under way, and prosperity 
seemed well assured. 

On July 1 there was a total membership in the organization 
of one hundred eighty thousand. Of this number seventj^- 
five thousand had been added during the first six months of the 
present year. There were then one hundred fifty-six Posts in 
this Department, with a membership of over twelve thousand. 

It was now comparatively easy sailing, and all the various 
social activities of the Post were put in operation. 

THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 

The fourteenth Anniversary reception and banquet, Novem- 
ber 22, came all too quickly and was held, as was customary, at 
Young's, with an attendance of one hundred fifty comrades 
and guests. Commander Richards presided with the grace 
and ease for which he was noted, while Comrade Blackmar 
was again drafted as Toast-master. 

Hardly had the festivities begun when Hon. James G. Blaine, 
escorted by Congressman Leopold Morse, entered. At once 
the room rang with cheers, all springing to their feet. Mr. 
Blaine responded to the toast, "The President of the United 
States." He made a very happy speech, introducing his re- 
marks by the words : — . , 



THE FORCE OF PRECEDENT 95 

" In looking over this assembly of the men of war, I see but few 
white hairs, and I congratulate you that your patriotism was shown in 
your youth." 

At the conclusion of his address, Governor-elect Robinson 
entered the hall and was also received with much enthusiasm. 
He responded for the Commonwealth in his usual felicitous 
manner. 

Other speeches were made by Alderman Haldeman, Inspec- 
tor Sawyer, Mr. Sayward, Major RajTuond, U.S.A., and others. 

Among the guests not already named were Department Com- 
mander Evans, Assistant Adjutant-General Munroe of the 
G. A. R., Colonel Carroll D. Wright, Mr. John McNair and 
Thomas Johnson of Lynn, Captain Howe and Lieutenant 
Lissak, 4th Artillery, U.S.A., and General Reed. 

It was a very lively, patriotic and enjoyable evening. 

The annual inspection of the Post was made by Comrade 
Horace A. Sawyer. 

THE FORCE OF PRECEDENT 

."No power in Venice 

Can alter a decree established ; 
'Twill be recorded for a precedent ; 

And many an error by the same example 
Will rush into the State." 

— Shakespeare. 

As individuals are creatures of habit, so aggregations of men 
in civil and political societies are bound by precedent. Even 
governments, once established, soon develop the red tape of 
routine, while even the courts of justice too often slavishly 
follow the mouldy precedents of another age and civilization 
to the detriment of the conscience of the present. 

It is true, there are good precedents as well as bad ones, but 
unfortunately, while it is easy to change a good one to an evil 
one, no bad one was ever changed to a better, short of a de- 
termined effort little short of a revolution, peaceful or violent, 
according to circumstances. 

This naturally follows from the fact that good or benevolent 
precedents invariably favor the many, while bad or evil ones 
usually favor the few. 

That this is always a delicate subject to handle, in a judicial 



96 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

spirit, until long after those who had a part in the subject treated 
have passed beyond, goes without saying, yet the historian, 
to be just to his subject, cannot ignore so grave and important 
a matter. 

Post No. 113, with all its virtues, excellencies and achieve- 
ments has not escaped the universal lot of associated bodies 
in following evil precedents to its disadvantage. 

During the early years of the Post its officers were nominated 
by a committee, selected from the general membership; the 
nominees thereafter being chosen singly by a general ballot of 
all present. In a few instances the nominations were made by 
the so-called "marking system," but in all cases a general ballot 
for each office followed. 

Later on, when the condition of the Post became such that 
it was difficult to secure Comrades to assume the burden of 
keeping the Post alive, a habit grew up of having one ballot 
cast for all the nominees previously selected. Thus the cus- 
tom of formally ratifying whomsoever the nominating com- 
mittee selected, on a single ballot, followed as a natural se- 
quence. 

This, then, was the position when, through an inadvertence 
of the Commander, the basis of a new precedent was laid, which 
resulted in a radical change in the government of the Post 
from a democracy to an oligarchy. 

In the year 1883 the Commander, evidently without fore- 
thought, said in an off-hand manner, "I will appoint all the 
Past Commanders a nominating committee to select and re- 
port a list of officers for the Post for the ensuing year." A smile 
went round the hall, it being taken as quite a good joke. The 
next year the same Commander said, "I will repeat the experi- 
ment of last year, and appoint the Past Commanders to nomi- 
nate officers for the ensuing year." 

The third year came as a precedent, and thereafter no Com- 
mander dared to question the propriety of a system which had 
made him Commander. 

The natural result followed ; the selection of all officers with 
the government and policy of the Post — the Commander 
having the appointment of all committees — was removed 
from the body of its membership and rested in the half-dozen 
or so Past Commanders, and it soon became only too evident 



THE FORCE OF PRECEDENT 97 

that to oppose the will of this oligarchy that had been unwit- 
tingly set up meant ostracism from any connection with the 
activities or general affairs of the Post. So far was this carried 
out that few cared to question anything proposed, and the 
majority quietly accepted the conditions precedent had decreed 
and meekly did as directed. 

But this practical death stroke to the electorate in time pro- 
duced a feeling of inharmony in the Post, and there arose from 
time to time a strong sentiment that the ruling body had be- 
come arbitrary and autocratic ; that favoritism and partiality 
had usurped the place of judicial discrimination and fraternity ; 
and that grave injustice was frequently done individual Com- 
rades. 

After some years this feeling took form in a vote that two 
names should be presented for each office and for a general 
ballot, but the effect of this vote was neutralized by the pres- 
entation of an "official" list, while the second list of nominees 
were in effect "dummies," with the result that for the time being 
all opposition was overborne and smothered, though at the cost 
of harmony and kindly feeling. This state of affairs continued 
for about fifteen years ; whether the practical effect of this 
system tended to the best interests of the Post may well be 
doubted. 

The centralization probably increased the executive power, 
though at the expense of general harmony and fraternity. 
However, viewed in a large sense, it must be recognized that 
in the evolution of events we arrive at the present by successive 
steps, each step being the result of adequate causes which 
actuate it. 

But the time for a change at last arrived and was brought 
about by a wise committee under the guise of a revision of the 
By-Laws. 

In the new code adopted in 1899, which made many radical 
changes, was a provision for the selection of candidates for Post 
offices, whereby a nominating committee should be appointed 
annually, composed equally of Past Commanders and members 
at large. This was a compromise and only a partial return to 
democratic principles as early practised, but it was accepted 
as the most practicable solution for the time, and has since 
been continued. This change unquestionably greatly tended 



98 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

to the harmony of the Post, and has worked wonderfully well 
in promoting good fellowship and strengthening the ties which 
bind the Comrades together. 

The unexampled prosperity of the Post since the adoption 
of this system has been marked and radical. In this connec- 
tion, it is only just to say that some of the Past Commanders 
favored the change, realizing that the best interests of the Post 
demanded it. 

The number added to the roll for the year was eighteen, 
while none were lost by death. The Post had gained in finan- 
cial strength, and there was every indication that the future 
held many good things in store for the taking. 



CHAPTER XIX 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-four 

A Generous Donation. May 30. Rev. Brooke Hereford, 
Orator. Adieu to No. 608 Washington Street. Reception 
TO Commander-in-Chief Kountz. Grand "Kettle Drum." 
The Fifteenth Anniversary. Sketch of Commander Eugene 
H. Richards. 

officers installed by past commander AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander Eugene H. Richards. 

Senior Vice-Commander Augustine Sanderson. 

Junior Vice-Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

Adjutant Thomas L. OBrion. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Joseph H. Warren. 

Chaplain George A. Sawin. 

Officer of the Day Charles W. Reed. 

Officer of the Guard Augustus Jacobs. 

Sergeant Major Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas R. Mathews. 

[ Comrades Hollis, Ch., 

Trustees of Relief Fund | Blackmar and 

Hersey. 



A GENEROUS DONATION 

THE year opened with a generous donation by the Post for 
the relief of G. A. R. Comrades and their famihes in 
distress by reason of the inundation of the Ohio Valley. 

MAY 30 

The Memorial Day observances followed quite closely those 
of the previous year. After decorating one hundred thirty 
graves and the tablets, the Post, escorted by Companies A, C, 
D and K of the 1st Infantry, M. V. M., with music, marched 
to School Street, where the City Government were received, 
thence to the Monument on the Common. The G. A. R. ritual 

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100 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

was given and the march resumed to Arlington Street Church. 
The full service with music was then rendered, and an address 
appropriate to the day delivered by the Rev. Brooke Hereford. 
The Post returned directly to headquarters and was dis- 
missed. The regular monthly dinner at Young's was partaken 
of in the afternoon. 

ADIEU TO NO. 608 WASHINGTON STREET 

The Post held its last meeting at its headquarters, No. 608 
Washington Street, August 6. It had long been its home, and 
the many delightful occasions there enjoyed still lovingly linger 
in memory. 

In September the Post meetings were held at the headquar- 
ters of the 1st Brigade, M. V. M., No. 20 Beacon Street. 

In October a removal was made to the chapel of the old 
HoUis Street Church, No. 3 HoUis Square. 

RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 

John S. Kountz of Toledo, Ohio, Commander-in-Chief of 
the Grand Army, honored the Department with a visit Novem- 
ber 16 to 18, and was given a reception and a banquet at Young's 
Hotel, at which many of the Post were present. 

"kettle drum" 

The third annual effort to aid the Soldiers' Home was given 
under the name of "Kettle Drum," at which Post No. 113 
again took a leading part. 

The Post inspection w^as held November 12 by Comrade B. 
Read Wales of Post No. 68, Department Inspector. 

THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 

The annual reception and banquet at Young's, November 
22, was attended by members and guests to the number of 
about two hundred. Among the large number of prominent 
guests were Edward W. Kinsley, Esq.; U. S. Senator Henry 
Cabot Lodge; the Adjutant-General and members of the Gov- 
ernor's staff, in full uniform; Hon. Leopold Morse; Hon. A. 
A. Ranney; Mayor Augustus P. Martin; Commodore O. C. 
Badger; Pay Director T. F. Thornton; Medical Director A. C. 



COMMANDER RICHARDS 101 

Gorges, U. S. Navy ; Captain Meeter, U. S. Marine Corps ; 
Colonel Mendenhall; Captain Greenough ; Lieutenants Leary 
and Townsley, 4th Artillery, Fort Warren; Colonel Sullivan, 
U. S. Army; and General Benjamin F. Peach and staff, 
M. V. M. 

The music was by the Schubert Quartette and Cornetist Wal- 
ter Emerson. Numerous excellent speeches were made, and 
all together it was the largest and most distinguished gathering 
of any previous Anniversary. 

The Post gained for the year nineteen members, and then had 
ninety-eight on its roll, while the Relief Fund was increased 
to $5000 and money in the treasury, with no debts outstanding. 

The social occasions had all been well sustained and the meet- 
ings fully attended. In brief, Post No. 113 was prospering. 

The loss by death was two — ^ Comrades George H. Tyler, 
August 17, and Solomon Hovey, Jr., October 21. 

EUGENE H. RICHARDS 
Service, Civil War. 40th Ohio Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 
"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly." 

— Prov. xviii. 24. 

Commander Richards was well fitted to assume the first 
office in the Post by his accurate knowledge of its needs and 
requirements, gained through ample service in subordinate 
positions, together with his personal acquaintance with the 
members. 

A graduate of Tufts College, possessed of much natural 
ability and force of character, added to executive talent of no 
mean order, he seemed peculiarly well equipped to assume the 
leadership at the particular period of his service. 

As a presiding officer he was dignified and impartial, and the 
interests of the Post were guarded with scrupulous care. 

His administration was unusually successful ; peace and 
good feeling prevailed, and the Post gained rapidly in reputation 
and financial and social strength. 

The welfare of the Post was ever his concern up to the time 
of his last sickness. 

It was his habit to keep up a warm personal acquaintance 
with every member; newcomers were cordially greeted and 



102 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

old friends were not forgotten. The special pains which he al- 
ways took to shake hands with every member or visitor at Post 
meetings was remarkable. 

He was a ready and fluent speaker and had unbounded con- 
fidence in himself. He had great ambition for place and pre- 
ferment, and in other organizations to which he belonged 
succeeded in attaining high rank to a notable degree. 

Like all men who push for precedence and prominence, it 
was unavoidable that he should not have some enemies and 
detractors, but in his relations with the Post his whole-hearted- 
ness and genial ways brought him only satisfaction and pleasure. 

Undue sensitiveness was not a part of his make-up, and many 
things in his life which would have proved exceedingly annoy- 
ing to the majority of persons had slight effect upon him. 

Yet he believed with Ruskin that "such help as we can give 
each other in this world is a duty to each other," and he prac- 
tised what he believed. 

The latter portion of his life had somewhat of sadness, espe- 
cially after the loss of his wife, for whom he had the most ten- 
der affection, and which seriously affected his general health 
until it clouded his mind and terminated his life, December 
11, 1899. 

He had survived all of his near relatives, and there was no 
one to drop the sympathetic tear over his bier save his Comrades 
of the Post and his brethren of the Masonic order. 

His funeral was held at King's Chapel, under the direction 
of the Post and Boston Commandery of Knights Templars, 
the latter performing the last rites of the Templars' imposing 
and solemn service in full and ample form. 

No sentiment for him can be more appropriate than his own 
words contained in a re olution he presented in memory of 
another Comrade of the Post, an alumnus of his college, who had 
preceded him across the river. 

"What remains for us Comrades, tarrying a little longer here, but 
to cherish the memory and worth of these who have gone before, living 
at our best, and standing by each other, till we are called to that 
larger, freer, happier life which is theirs and will be ours, ere many 
years shall pass." 




AUGUSTINE SANDERSON 
Post Commander, 1885 and 1886 



CHAPTER XX 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-five 

Dedication of New Headquarters, No. 1682 Washington Street. 
The Soldiers' Great Home Carnival. Memorial Services. 
Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter, Orator. Death of ex-President 
General Grant. The Sixteenth Post Anniversary. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER WILMON W. BLACKMAR 

Commander Augustine Sanderson. 

Senior Vice-Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

Junior Vice-Commander Austin C. Wellington. 

Adjutant Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. M. E. Webb. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Augustus Jacobs. 

Officer of the Guard Benjamin Noyes. 

Sergeant Major Thomas L. OBrion. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Thomas R. Mathews. 

[ Comrades, Hollis, Ch., 
Trustees Relief Fund | Blackmar and 

i Hersey. 

DINNERS CONTINUED 

THE monthly dinners at Young's or Parker's, commenced 
in 1881, were still continued with a like favorable result. 

NEW HEADQUARTERS 

In April, the Post removed to new and elegant quarters, No. 
1682 Washington Street, corner of Worcester Square, in con- 
nection with the headquarters of the 1st Infantry, M. V. M., 
where a reception was given to its lady friends, at which the 
Mayor and many distinguished guests were present. 

For the succeeding three years this continued to be the Post 
home, and during this delightful sojourn many very elegant 
and enjoyable receptions, musicales and other entertainments 

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104 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

were given ; the members also had the benefits of what was 
practically a military club, visited by prominent military men 
of the regular army and navy, as well as Militia and National 
Guard officers of this and other States. 

soldiers' home carnival 

During the same month the Post attended a Memorial ser- 
vice at the Mechanics Building, followed by a Grand Carnival, 
lasting for ten days, in further aid of the Soldiers' Home. Post 
No. 113 took a prominent part in this charity, and on the 16th 
attended in a body, one hundred members acting as Aides-de- 
Camp to Chief Marshal Comrade Austin C. Wellington. 

This was the most extensive and important series of similar 
events held for aiding the Soldiers' Home, and netted over 
$ 45.000, thus placing the institution upon a substantial 
basis. 

POST INSPECTION 

The 28th of the same busy month the Post held its annual 
inspection, conducted by Comrade E. J. Dyer of Dahlgren Post 
No. 2. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

As a prelude to the more important ceremonies of Memorial 
Day, the Post attended the dedication of a tablet erected to 
the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors formerly connected with 
the Warren Street Chapel. 

MAY 30 

The Post assembled at Boylston Hall. Line was formed with 
an escort of a battalion of four companies of the 1st Infantry, 
M. V. M., and music. The march was to School Street, where 
the Mayor and City Government joined the column, and 
thence to the Monument on the Common. After the custom- 
ary ritualistic service they proceeded to the Hollis Street 
Church, corner Newbury and Exeter streets, where the re- 
maining exercises took place. Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter, 
the orator of the day, delivered an interesting and scholarly 
address appropriate to the occasion. The Post then repaired 
to its headquarters and was dismissed. 



SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 105 

In the afternoon the usual dinner at Young's was partici- 
pated in by a large number of the Comrades, with guests 
and excellent music. 



DEATH or GENERAL GRANT 

July 23 the nation was called to mourn the loss of its great 
soldier and leader, General Ulysses S. Grant, ex-President of 
the United States and the most distinguished Comrade of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

THE SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 

The annual Post reunion was observed at Young's Hotel, 
Saturday evening, November 21. Among the prominent 
guests were Mayor O'Brien, Department Assistant Adjutant- 
General Monroe, U. S. officers from the Navy Yard and Fort 
Warren and Comrades representing Post No. 140 of New York. 
Commander Sanderson presided, and Past Commander Mathews 
acted as Toast-master. The Mayor delivered a very acceptable 
speech. 

Comrade Monroe stated that there was then seventeen thou- 
sand six hundred forty members in the Department in good 
standing, and that for the previous nine months over $29,000 
had been expended in charitj-. Chaplain Horton and others 
also spoke. The music by the Mendelssohn Club and Cor- 
netist Emerson was unusually good. 

Letters of regret were read from Generals Banks and Corse, 
U. S. Senator Lodge, Mr. Edward W. Kinsley and others. 
It was a happy and successful occasion. 

The year was active and prosperous. Twelve were added to 
the roll, and one passed from earth. Comrade Cephas C. Bum- 
pus, April 17. 



CHAPTER XXI 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-six 

Reception to Commander-in-Chief S. S. Burdett. Annual Post 
Inspection. Memorial Services, May 31. Rev. James De 
NoRMANDiB, Orator. Deaths of General Grant, Hancock, 
McClellan and McDowell. Post Anniversary. A Year of 
Enjoyment and Growth. Sketch of Commander Augustine 
Sanderson. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander Augustine Sanderson. 

Senior Vice-Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

Junior Vice-Commander Austin C. Wellington. 

Adjutant Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Caleb W. Hodgdon. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Augustus Jacobs. 

Officer of the Guard Benjamin Noyes. 

Sergeant Major Thomas L. OBrion. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Thomas R. Mathews. 

[Comrades Hollis, Ch. 
Trustees Relief Fund j Blackmar and 

[ Hersey. 

RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BURDETT 

THE year opened with a reception by the Post in connection 
with the Woman's Relief Corps, in honor of the visit of 
Commander-in-Chief Samuel S. Burdett. This was soon fol- 
lowed by a fine musicale given in courtesy to the ladies of the 
Post, and was a creditable and pleasing function. 

The annual Post inspection was held in April by Comrade 
A. P. Chamberlain, Assistant Inspector. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

As May 30 fell this year on Sunday, the day following was 
observed. 

Since the graves were last decorated, the reaper had been 

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MEMORIAL SERVICES 107 

gathering his harvest of death, taking four of the great gener- 
als of the war, viz. Generals Grant, Hancock, McClellan and 
McDowell ; a sad reminder of the rapidly circling years of 
time, which, to the Veteran, has a special meaning and solem- 
nity. 

The Post followed the same plan as for several years past in 
its memorial exercises, with the usual escort of militia and music. 
The Mayor and City Government were taken in charge and the 
ritual of the Order recited at the Monument. The only dec- 
oration of the shaft was an immense floral tribute in the form 
of a broken cross, composed of ivy leaves with beautiful cut 
flowers at each arm, while at the base, worked in exotics, was 
the word "Comrades." 

The Post then repaired to the Church of the Unity, where 
the full service was touchingly rendered, aided by a choir com- 
posed of Mrs. L, F. C. Richardson, Miss Lillian E. Dow, Mrs. 
F. W. Knowles and Miss Annie H. Lord, and the Mendelssohn 
Quartette, composed of Messrs. T. W. Knowles, C. J. Buffum, 
Joseph L. White and J. K. Berry, the organist and director 
being Howard M. Dow. 

Among those present were the Mayor and members of the 
City Government, ex-Governor Rice, Lieutenant-Governor 
Ames, Colonel Henry S. Walker, General M. T. Donahoe, Mr. 
Edward W. Kinsley and Rev. James De Normandie, the latter 
being the orator of the day. 

In the afternoon a dinner was held at Young's Hotel, at 
which Commander Sanderson presided and Past Commander 
Richards served as Toast-master. 

There were no notable speeches, though a very pleasant and 
social occasion was enjoyed. The number of Comrades present 
was large. 

In the evening Chaplain Horton and Hon. E. A. Pillsbury, 
president of the Senate, delivered addresses at a memorial 
service held in Union Hall, Boylston Street, which many Com- 
rades of the Post attended. 

POST ANNIVERSARY 

The seventeenth Anniversary was held at Young's, November 
22. It has been said that every anniversary of Post No. 
113 has been a pronounced success. However this may be, it 



108 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

is true that at the conclusion of each of these reunions some 
have always declared the last one "the best ever." 

The seventeenth was certainly one long to be remembered 
for its prominent civic, military and naval guests, stirring 
speeches and the intense enthusiasm of the large company 
present. 

Commander Sanderson presided, and Comrade Charles H. 
Taylor was Toast-master. 

The witty hits of the Toast-master called out Hon. J. Q. A. 
Brackett, Lieutenant-Governor elect, who made one of his best 
off-hand speeches. 

Mayor O'Brien followed with a very strong, manly address 
that was fully appreciated. The other speakers, all good, 
were Colonel Livingston, Commander at Fort Warren ; Hon. 
Leopold Morse; Assistant Adjutant-General Monroe of the 
G. A. R. ; Mr. Edward W. Kinsley ; Captain Lyle, of the 
Ordinance Department, U. S. Army ; Pay Director G. E. 
Thorton, U. S. Navy; Major G. W. Baird, Paymaster U. S. 
Army; Captain A. E. Piorkowski, Aide-de-Camp of the Ger- 
man army; Past Commander Blackmar; and Hon. J. C. 
Wellington. 

War songs and melodies were beautifully rendered by a 
double quartette under the direction of Comrade Joseph L. 
White. 

Besides the speakers, the number of guests was unusually 
large. A few of the more prominent gentlemen were Surgeon 
William C. Shannon; Captain G. G. Greenough; Major F. C. 
Sullivan and Lieutenant A. T. Cummins of the U. S. Army; 
Lieutenant-Colonel Broome, U. S. Marine Corps ; Chief En- 
gineer D. B. McComb and Ensign W. M. Constant of 
the U. S. Navy; Howard M. Dow; Isaac T. Burr; General 
J. A. Williamson of Iowa; Hon. Edward J. Glines; Hon. 
James E. Whittaker; General Benjamin F. Peach, Jr., and 
members of his staff, with many officers of the 1st Infantry, 
M. V. M. 

Chaplain Horton was not able to be present and sent a 
characteristic letter, which occasioned much good feeling. 

The year was one of enjoyment and growth. Thirteen were 
added to the Post membership, and two were taken, — Com- 
rades Edwin D. White, March 12, and Ezra J. Trull, April 30. 



COMMANDER SANDERSON 109 



AUGUSTINE SANDERSON 



Service, Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 

16th Mass. Light Battery. Brevet Major. 

"A light heart lives long." 

Comrades Sanderson and Sampson were the only charter 
members of Post No. 113 honored by an election to the Com- 
mander's chair. 

The favorable conditions surrounding the Post during the 
previous three years made it an easy task for Commander 
Sanderson, and his two years of incumbency glided by without 
any unusual events transpiring to mar his pleasant relations 
with the Comrades. 

Upon the whole, probably, no other Commander has been 
privileged to turn over to his successor a stronger, more active 
and enthusiastic body than composed the Post at the conclu- 
sion of his term of service. 

Comrade Sanderson preserved a continuous membership in 
the Post through good and evil days ; in all the struggles and 
triumphs of Post No. 113, he was true to the organization he 
helped to create. 

His position is also unique in the fact that Post No. 113 was 
the only social body to which during all these years he held 
allegiance. 

Mention of his success in raising funds for the Post has al- 
ready been alluded to ; the amount collected by him since the 
Relief Fund was placed on its present basis exceeded the sum 
of $10,000, while, if to this were added the sums previously 
obtained and the amounts secured for special purposes, it 
would probably far exceed that collected by any other Comrade 
that has ever been a member of the Post. 

"Sandy," as he was familiarly called by the "boys," like 
many another, had his idiosyncrasies, and his views upon many 
subjects did not always coincide with those of the majority, 
but his love for the Post invariably triumphed, and he continued 
to still pull his oar with the same strength and alacrity as ever. 

After serving as Commander he filled many stations and 
rendered invaluable aid upon numerous committees ; at the 
time of his death, which occurred January 4, 1909, he was 
Chairman of the Council of Administration. 



CHAPTER XXII 

Eighteen Hundred Eighty-seven 

Memorial Day. Rev. David Gregg, D.D., Orator. Ex-Confed- 
erates PARADE IN Boston. A Military Club. Reception to 
General Black. Anniversary at the Vendome. Annual Post 
Inspection. Post completes its Roll of 113 Members. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER EUGENE H. RICHARDS 

Commander Austin C. Wellington. 

Senior Vice-Commander George A. Sawin. 

Junior Vice-Commander Augustus Jacobs. 

Adjutant John C. Cook. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Caleb W. Hodgdon. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day George F. Hall. 

Officer of the Guard John H. Cook. 

Sergeant Major Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

THE Post exercises, May 30, consisted of services at Park 
Street Church, which included an address by Rev. David 
Gregg, D.D., and music by a triple male quartette. The church 
was filled by an attentive audience. 

In the afternoon the usual dinner was held at Young's, at 
which one hundred Comrades and guests were present. 

Commander Wellington presided. The speakers were Post 
Chaplain Horton, Rev. James De Normandie, Thomas Swords, 
Past Commanders Hollis, Sampson and Richards. 

A song entitled "The Bugler," composed by Carl Pfleuger 
and dedicated to "Kinsley Post," was sung by the composer, 
with the quartette and chorus, Mr. Eichler playing the bugle. 
Captain William W. Kellett read an original poem entitled 
"The Soldier of '87 to the Soldier of '64." Both the song and 
poem were warmly received. 

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112 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

EX-CONFEDERATES PARADE IN BOSTON 

At the Bunker Hill celebration, June 17, a notable event 
was the visit of the Robert E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veter- 
ans, who took part in the military parade of the day and were 
well received and loudly cheered all along the route of the 
march. 

At the Memorial Day dinner Chaplain Horton had men- 
tioned the contemplated visit of the ex-Confederates and 
bespoke for them a cordial reception, which it was gratifying to 
find realized. 

A MILITARY CLUB 

It had been the ambition for several years of Commander 
Wellington, who was also the Colonel commanding the 1st 
Infantry, M. V. M., to establish a Military Club in Boston, and 
the elegant headquarters then occupied by Post No. 113 and the 
1st Regiment, at the corner of Worcester Square and Washing- 
ton Street, which had at one time been used as a club-house, 
seemed to him to furnish favorable conditions for carrying out 
his favorite scheme. His idea was to use the Post member- 
ship and the Field and Staff officers of his regiment as a nucleus 
and to gradually increase by making it an attractive resort 
for all present and past officers of the Militia and Regular 
Army and other gentlemen of military instincts, residing in 
the vicinity of Boston. He hoped thus to found a permanent 
Military Club which should attract visiting officers from beyond 
the State, and by this means and association to cultivate 
the military spirit of the young men who were then or would 
thereafter become officers in the established militia service of 
the State. 

It was a laudable ambition and a subject that seemed upper- 
most in his mind. Colonel Wellington was a man of large ideas 
and of great executive abilities. He went into everything he 
undertook with energy and persistence, sparing neither himself 
nor his means to accomplish the special matters he had con- 
ceived, and which lay near his heart. 

The club was started and during the year was pushed with 
zeal ; many members of the Post joined the club, and the 
activities of the Post during the year were largely directed to 
advance its special interests. 



ANNIVERSARY AT THE VENDOME 113 

RECEPTION TO GENERAL BLACK 

A , social meeting and reception was held at headquarters, 
July .5, in honor of the visit of General Black, U. S. Pension 
Commissioner and afterwards Commander-in-Chief of the 
Grand Army, which was largely attended. 

ANNIVERSARY AT THE VENDOME 

The Post reception and banquet in commemoration of its 
eighteenth birthday was held at the Hotel Vendome and was 
the largest and most elaborate function of its kind before at- 
tempted. Ninety-three of the one hundred thirteen mem- 
bers, with over one hundred guests, sat at the tables. The 
occasion was intended not only to advance the social prestige 
of the Post but to create a sentiment among the gentlemen 
assembled in favor of the new Military Club, which had 
previously been launched and in which the Commander and 
others were actively interested. 

The menu card on its cover bore a spirited sketch by Com- 
rade Charles W. Reed, entitled "As you were, '61-65." 

Commander Wellington presided, and Comrade W. Wallace 
Waugh was Toast-master. The speakers were Governor 
Oliver Ames; Mayor Hugh O'Brien; Department Commander 
Nash ; Carl Pfleuger, who also sang ; Mr. Edward W. Kinsley ; 
Hon. Leopold Morse; Rev. Minot J. Savage; Rev. David 
Gregg, D.D. ; Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill ; 
Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton ; Past Department Com- 
mander Myron P. Walker ; Comrade Charles H. Taylor ; Cap- 
tain Joseph P. Story, 4th Artillery, U. S. Army ; James E. Mur- 
dock, the retired actor and soldier, who recited "Soldier of 
Lundy's Lane " ; Mr. C. W. Ernst ; General George A. Sheridan ; 
and Comrade John H. Cook. 

The music was furnished by the Mendelssohn Quartette 
under the direction of Comrade Joseph L. White. 

The enthusiasm was intense, and the speakers were accorded 
very generous applause. It was not till the clock announced 
the midnight hour that the company was regretfully dismissed. 
The guests included many military officers, numerous public. 
State and city officials, merchants and other gentlemen of 
more or less distinction in the city. It proved a very successful 



114 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

banquet, though less of a Post reunion than had usually been 
the case. 

The year closed with the annual inspection. Sixteen new 
members were received, Avhich completed the full number of 
one hundred thirteen to which the Post had restricted itself. 

Two Comrades passed beyond, viz. James A. Martin, March 
12, and George C. Phillips, September 6. 



CHAPTER XXIII 
Eighteen Hundred Eighty-eight 

The First Break in the List of Past Commanders. Abrogation 
OF Rule restricting Membership Defeated. An Old Experi- 
ment Revived. May 30. Rev. George A. Gordon, Orator. 
The Military Club Abandoned. Removal of Headquarters. 
First Death of a Commander. Funeral of Commander 
Wellington. The Nineteenth Anniversary. Minor Items. 
Sketch of Commander Austin C. Wellington. 

SUBSTANTIALLY the same Board of Officers were re- 
io elected and duly installed by Past Commander Eugene 
H. Richards, viz. : — 

Commander Austin C. Wellington. 

Senior Vice-Commander George A. Sawin. 

Junior Vice-Commander Augustus Jacobs. 

Adjutant John C. Cook. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Caleb H. Hodgdon. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day George F. Hall. 

Officer of the Guard John H. Cook. 

Sergeant Major Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

THE FIRST BREAK IN THE LIST OF PAST COMMANDERS 

The first break in the list of Past Commanders occurred 
January 19, by the removal from earth of Past Commander 
Cornelius G. Attwood, who was the third presiding head of 
the Post. 

ATTEMPT TO RESCIND THE RESTRICTED MEMBERSHIP RULE 

At the April meeting the question of abrogating the rule re- 
stricting the Post membership to one hundred thirteen was 
earnestly discussed ; it was sho\\ni that a number of very excel- 
lent veterans had been upon the waiting list for months, and it 

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116 EDWARD W. KIXSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

was urged that it would be for the best interests of the Post to 
receive them, but the conservative spirit of precedent proved too 
strong, and the change was refused. 

AN OLD EXPERIMENT REVIVED 

For some reason the active interest among the members had 
somewhat flagged, and there was beginning to be a feeling of 
inharmony from the cause already noted, and the old experi- 
ment of holding a monthly meeting, with the lunch at 
Young's, which had been discontinued the previous year, was 
again revived. 

MAY 30 

The Memorial Day ceremonies followed the general plan of 
the previous year. It consisted of an escort with music, 
services at the Monument and march to the New Old South 
Church on Boylston Street, where the regular services were held, 
with an address by Rev. George A. Gordon, and the delivery 
of an original poem by Captain Jack Crawford, the "Poet 
Scout." Music by the Mendelssohn Quartette. 

An informal dinner at Young's, without guests, closed the 
day. 

THE MILITARY CLUB ABANDONED 

Notwithstanding the Herculean efforts of Commander 
Wellington to establish his Military Club and the expenditure 
of considerable money in the effort, it was found impracticable. 
The large rental of the Worcester Square headquarters, with 
the constant incidental expenses of maintenance, were not 
warranted by the limited membership. The location proved too 
distant from the business centre to attract any considerable 
numbers, and as the Post members mostly resided at a distance, 
they did not find it convenient to visit the headquarters except 
upon the Post meeting nights or upon some special occasion. 
It also proved too expensive a luxury for the Field and Staff 
of the 1st Regiment. In consequence the lease was not re- 
newed, and the 1st Regiment headquarters were removed to 
No. 36 St. James Avenue, corner of Clarendon Street, where 
the Post soon joined them, holding its first meeting there 
Julv 30. 



SECOND BREAK IX LIST OF COMMANDERS 117 

FIRST DEATH OF A COMMANDER 

The first loss of a Commander in office occurred September 
18 by the sudden snapping of the silver cord of life, and Com- 
mander Wellington was no more. The summons so unexpected 
was a profound shock to the Post and to his associates in 
various organizations. The funeral services were held at the 
Unitarian Church on Austen Street, Cambridge. A full military 
escort as Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., 
was accorded by the State, Colonel and Comrade Augustus N. 
Sampson of the Governor's staff acting as Chief Marshal of 
the obsequies. The floral tributes were elaborate and beautiful. 
Post No. 113 sent a star of choice flowers with the inscription 
"Post 113, G.A. R." A large delegation of officers of the 
Militia was in attendance, together with representatives of 
many business and social organizations with which he had 
been associated. 

The Rev. Dr. G. W. Briggs, pastor of the church, conducted 
the formal exercises, and Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton 
delivered a tender and appreciative funeral oration. 

Post No. 113, with one hundred Comrades and Baldwin's 
Band, acted as escort to Department Commander Myron P. 
Walker, Staff and other officers, while the 1st Regiment of 
Infantry, M. V. M., acted as military escort in the procession. 

The presence of the Lieutenant-Governor and the principal 
State and city officials, with a great throng of citizens, attested 
the prominence and respect in which Comrade Wellington was 
held by the community in which his active years had been 
spent. 

THE NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY 

November 22 the Post w^ith guests to the number of one 
hundred fifty assembled at Young's ; it was in the nature 
of a family gathering, quite in contrast with the elaborate and 
showy banquet of the previous year at the Vendome. 

Senior Vice-Commander Sawin presided, with Past Com- 
mander Blackmar as Toast-master. 

The prominent guests were few and the speeches all bore a 
tinge of sadness for the loss of Past Commander Attwood, 
who was an important factor in the Post during its early years, 
and Commander Wellington, who had so recently been taken. 



118 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

All the speaking was done by Comrades of the Post, with the 
exception of Past Department Commander Evans, Mr, William 
H. Sayward, Comrade Harrison Hume, Commander of Post 
No. 191, Captain William B. Sears and Carl Pfleuger. 

Comrade William K. Millar sang "A-roaming I will go with 
you, Fair Maid," very sweetly. Letters of regret were read 
from General Banks, Senator Lodge, Rev. George A. Gordon, 
Post Chaplain Horton, Department Commander Walker and 
Past Commander Nathan Appleton. 

The musical programme, under Comrade Joseph L. White, 
was very good. The following Comrades attending the ban- 
quet were present at the installation of the first Board of 
Officers of the Post in January, 1870, viz. Blackmar, Samp- 
son, Fauteaux, Sanderson, Hollis, Niebuhr, Fernald, Walker 
and Louis N. Tucker. 

MINOR ITEMS 

The last Camp Fire held in the Worcester Square head- 
quarters was March 28, at which an aggregation of musical 
talent took part. 

A proposition to associate a branch of the Woman's Relief 
Corps with the Post was decided to be inexpedient. 

The usual inspection was held in November. The number 
of admissions to membership to fill vacancies was five. The 
deaths were Past Commander Cornelius G. Attwood, January 
19; Comrade Nicholas N. Noyes, March 24; Commander 
Austin C. Wellington, September 18; and Comrade Edwin S. 
Fisher, December 1. 

AUSTIN C. WELLINGTON 

Service, Civil War. 38th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; 2d Lieuten- 
ant ; 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
Service, M. V. M. 7th Infantry. Captain. 

4th Battalion Infantry. Captain ; Major. 

1st Regt. Infantry. Major ; Colonel. 

"I rather choose to endure the wounds of those darts which envy 
casteth at novelty, than to go on safely and sleepily in the easy ways 
of ancients." 

Commander Wellington was a man of generous nature, 
abounding energy and active brain. During the period of his 
connection with Post No. 113 his hobby was militarism, and the 



COMMANDER WELLINGTON 119 

bent of his mind was very largely dominated by this up to the 
time of his death. 

Prior to his election as Colonel of the 1st Infantry, M. V. M., 
the regiment had attained a high standing in the State ; when 
he assumed command it was his purpose to still further advance 
the regiment as a superior military body. Having a fixed 
purpose, he was a man that did not allow "I dare not," wait 
upon " I would, " but putting every impediment aside, he pushed 
on to accomplish his designs. 

It seemed as if all he did was in some way linked with his 
military purposes and ambitions. His methods were daring, 
original and spectacular ; it was characteristic of the man in 
everything. He was never "cabined, cribbed and confined" 
by the trammels of the personal equation, but delighted to do 
things in a large way, and his fertile imagination continually 
conceived new and unexpected combinations. It is sufficient 
to say in this connection that his contagious enthusiasm was 
imparted to all who were associated with him in any matter, 
military or civil, and he had remarkable success in most of his 
undertakings. 

Comrade Wellington had many admirable traits ; he pos- 
sessed much patience and forbearance under severe provo- 
cation ; he was tender of heart and had many lovable quali- 
ties. His membership in the Post was comparatively brief, 
but his personality was so great and his departure so sad 
and exceptional, that he left an imprint on the minds of his 
associates which will continue long after many another with 
less conspicuous qualities will have been forgotten. He was a 
Trustee of the Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, and was a leading 
spirit in the Carnival held in 1885, at which a large sum.of 
money was realized for the Home. 

"Absent in body but present in spirit." 



CHAPTER XXIV 
Eighteen Hundred Eighty-nine 

Another Change in Headquarters. Memorial Day. Rev. W. 
H. H. Murray, Orator. Preparations for the National 
Encampment of the G.A. R. in Boston. The Twentieth 
Anniversary. Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger. 
Badge Presentation and Inspection. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander George A. Sawin. 

Senior Vice-Commander George F. Hall. 

Junior Vice-Commander Augustus Jacobs. 

Adjutant Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. William H. Ruddick. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day John H. Cook. 

Officer of the Guard Caleb W. Hodgdon. 

Sergeant Major John C. Cook. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

ANOTHER CHANGE IN HEADQUARTERS 

THE death of Commander Wellington materially changed 
the plans as to headquarters, both of the 1st Regiment and 
the Post. The Military Club idea was entirely abandoned, 
though had Colonel Wellington lived he might have endeavored 
to continue it in some form at St. James Avenue. But under 
existing conditions the house was given up and temporary 
accommodations obtained at the old Roller Skating Rink on 
Clarendon Street, then occupied by several companies of the 
1st Regiment. This arrangement did not prove convenient, 
and January 18 a removal was made to the building No. 657 
Washington St., Rooms 19 and 20, with entrance from Boylston 
Street. 

The interest in the Post meetings seemed to have decreased 
considerably, and the attendance had markedly fallen off. This 

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Post Commander, 1889 and 1890 



MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES 121 

perhaps was a reaction from the high style and showy front in 
which the Post had revelled for the previous few years. 

Another attempt was made to abolish the restricted member- 
ship rule, but it met the fate of previous efforts in this direction, 
and "113" still remained the limit. 



MEMORIAL DAY 

It had been expected that the orator of the day would be 
Major-General Daniel E. Sickles of New York, but at the last 
moment he was unable to come, and arrangements were made 
with Rev. William H. H. Murray, former pastor of Park Street 
Church, and more widely knowTi as ''Adirondack Murray," 
aided by local talent. 

The exercises were carried out with the usual military escort 
and the customary formal ceremonies. The old 1st Regiment 
Veteran Association paraded with the Post. 

Among the prominent gentlemen who sat upon the platform 
in Tremont Temple were Mayor Hart, Mr. Edward W. Kinsley, 
ex-Mayor Green, Hon. Alanson W. Beard, Department Com- 
mander Goodale, Major George 0. Carpenter, Revs. Minot J. 
Savage, George L. Perrin and Post Chaplain Edward A. Horton. 
The three latter clergymen made short addresses, Mr. Murray 
closing with the principal address, which was an interesting and 
able effort. The music was under the direction of Comrade 
White. 

THE DINNER 

The afternoon dinner at Young's was enjoyed, with most 
of the gentlemen who had attended the services in the morning 
as guests. Commander Sawin presided, with Post Surgeon 
William H. Ruddick as Toast-master. 

The speakers were Lieutenant-Governor Brackett, Mayor 
Hart, Revs. Murray and Savage, Mr. Edward W. Kinsley, 
Major Carpenter, Major William W. Kellett, Past Commander 
Eugene H. Richards and Comrade Louis N. Tucker. The 
latter presented to the Post a gold Grand Army badge formerly 
owned by Past Commander Cornelius G. Attwood, from his 
widow, who desired that it be worn by each succeeding Post 
Commander. 



122 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

This badge has since been the official decoration of each 
succeeding Past Commander. The occasion was quiet and 
unenthusiastic, though social and pleasant. 

PREPARATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

Little was attempted during the year beyond the general 
preparations for the National Encampment of the Grand 
Army, to be held in Boston the succeeding year. 

The Post tendered its service as mounted escort to Com- 
mander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger for the grand parade, and 
appointed Commander Sawin, Past Commanders Blackmar, 
HoUis, Hersey, Mathews, Sanderson, E. H. Richards, and 
Comrades Hall, B. S. Parker, Jacobs, Hodgdon, Ireland, San- 
born, White, Stillings, J. H. Cook and Waugh as a general com- 
mittee upon the subject of the Encampment. 

THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY 

The banquet, November 22, was held at Parker's, with 
Commander-in-Chief Alger, Adjutant-General George H. Hop- 
kins and seven members of the National Council of Administra- 
tion as special guests. The occasion was of much interest and 
attracted a large attendance. The menu card bore a fine 
illustration by Comrade Charles W. Reed, the artist. 

Commander Sawin presided and Comrade Charles H. Taylor 
was Toast-master. Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger was 
first called upon, and, observing General Nathaniel P. Banks 
present, proposed his health, which was drunk by all, standing. 

General Alger accepted the tender of the Post as mounted 
escort, and created much interest by his relation of the plans 
and prospects for the National Encampment. General Charles 
Devens, Past Commander-in-Chief, delivered a magnificent 
speech, which created great enthusiasm. It seemed a night 
of oratory ; all the speeches that followed were of remarkable 
force. 

The remaining speakers were Comrade T. S. Clarkson of 
Omaha, Nebraska, Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill, 
Department Commander Goodale, General John L. Swift, Mr. 
Edward W. Kinsley, Carl Pfleuger, Rev. George L. Perrin and 
"Dick" Tobin. They were all applauded to the echo. 



TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY 123 

Many local military gentlemen were also present as guests. 
This occasion made up somewhat for the dulness and lack of 
interest which had characterized the Post of late, and presaged 
more successful conditions for the Encampment year, 

BADGE PRESENTATION AND INSPECTION 

The December meeting was enlivened by the pleasant incident 
of the presentation of a handsome gold G. A. R. badge to Senior 
Vice-Commander Jacobs, who was about to remove to New 
York. Past Commander HoUis in his felicitous manner made 
the presentation speech. 

At the same meeting Comrade C. D. Stiles of Post No. 68, 
Dorchester, made the official inspection of the Post. 

No Comrade was called home during the year. 



CHAPTER XXV 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety 

The Post's Opportunity. Reception of Mr. and Mrs. Edward 
W. Kinsley. Memorial Day. Major-General Daniel E. 
Sickles, Orator. Reception at Young's. Temporary Head- 
quarters and Drill. National Encampment in Boston. 
Kinsley "113" and Lafayette "140." Grand Banquet at 
Parker's. President Harrison and Cabinet. Parade of the 
Boys in Blue. Post No. 113 Mounted Escort to Commander-in- 
Chief. Anniversary at Young's. Lesser Items. Sketch of 
George A. Sawin. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER AUGUSTUS N. SAMPSON 

Commander George A. Sawin. 

Senior Vice-Commander George F. Hall. 

Junior Vice-Commander John H. Cook. 

Adjutant Frederick G. Storey. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. William H. Ruddick. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Caleb W. Hodgdon. 

Officer of the Guard William Carlton Ireland. 

Sergeant Major Charles C. Adams. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

THE post's OPPORTUNITY 

THE year 1890 found the Post with its roll complete, its 
financial position assured, the largest Relief Fund, per 
capita, of any Post in the Department, and with a strong 
working membership l^acked by numerous and generous 
friends. The Post had already become well known locally as 
a unique, compact and influential organization composed of 
substantial men competent to carry through any project they 
might undertake. 

Its opportunity had come to extend its fame, courtesies and 
comradeship beyond the limits of the Department; how well 

124 



MAJOR-GENERAL SICKLES, ORATOR 125 

this opportunity was improved, none know better than those 
who had the great privilege of sharing in the magnificent 
triumphs of this ever memorable year. 

RECEPTION OF MR. AND MRS. KINSLEY 

As a fitting prelude to the more important occurrences to 
follow later, the members of the Post, with their ladies, on the 
evening of March 8 took sleighs for the hospitable residence 
of Mr. and Mrs. Kinsley, No. 277 Marlboro Street, Boston, 
where they enjoyed a reception given in their express honor. 
It was a merry and delightful party, which all who attended 
thoroughly enjoyed. It proved the last courtesy that Mr. 
and Mrs. Kinsley were permitted to offer "his boys." 

In order that the Veterans on the waiting list might join in 
the exercises of the Encampment year, marking the twenty-fifth 
anniversary of the return of peace, the restriction of the mem- 
bership to one hundred thirteen was so far modified as to receive 
to membership all applicants then on the waiting list. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The ceremonies, May 30, were of unusual interest and 
pathos. Tremont Temple was crowded to overflowing. 

On the platform were seated Mayor Thomas N. Hart, Mr. 
Edward W. Kinsley, Hon. Alanson W. Beard; Collector of 
the Port, General N. A. M. Dudley, Rev. Minot J. Savage, 
Internal Revenue Collector F. E. Orcutt, Past Department 
Commander George L. Goodale, Major Frederick G. King and 
the officers of his battalion, and Mr. George Stanton Sickles, 
son of Major-General Sickles. 

The music under the direction of Comrade Joseph L. White 
was exceptionally fine. 

MAJOR-GENERAL DANIEL E. SICKLES 

Comrade William M. Osborne, in introducing the orator of 
the day, said: — 

"Three of that great quartette that led our armies to victory at 
Gettysburg have joined their fallen Comrades. The faithful, intrepid 
Reynolds, the calm and judicious Meade, the fiery and superb Hancock, 
have pitched their tents across the river. But one remains, and he is 
here to-day. 

"It is my great pleasure to present to you the Statesman, the 
Soldier and the Orator, Major-General Daniel E. Sickles of New York." 



126 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The crippled Veteran was assisted to the front of the stage 
amid tremendous enthusiasm and seated himself in an arm- 
chair. 

His opening words were : — 

"I have attended many memorial services on Memorial Days in 
various parts of our country, but I cannot recall one which has had for 
me an interest equal to that of to-day." 

He then proceeded in a quiet conversational way, clearly audible 
to all, to relate at length many of his personal experiences during 
the Civil War. He expressed great admiration for the rank and 
file of the Volunteer Army, and made a strong, brave and manly 
appeal for pensions to all veterans. After paying a high 
tribute to the worth of Massachusetts' brave soldier. General 
Joseph Hooker, he advocated the erection of a suitable statue 
to perpetuate his memory and achievements. This wish of 
General Sickles was realized in 1903. 

RECEPTION AT YOUNG'S 

About one hundred fifty Comrades and guests were present 
at the afternoon reception. 

Commander Sawin presided at the dinner, and Rev. Minot J. 
Savage invoked the divine blessing. The menu card bore a 
spirited army sketch by Comrade Charles W. Reed, the artist, 
representing the headquarters of General Sickles, July 2, 
1863, at the Trostle House, Gettysburg. 

The speakers were General Sickles, Mayor Thomas N. Hart, 
Carl Pfieuger, who also sang with fine effect a German song, 
and Comrade William M. Osborne, Maurice Barrymore, the 
talented young actor, and Comrade Murdock, who gave several 
recitations. All joined hands around the table and closed with 
"Auld Lang Syne." 

TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS AND DRILL 

In July, by invitation of the officers of Battery A, Light 
Artillery, M. V. M., the Post removed to No. 59 West Newton 
Street. A new uniform was adopted and obtained. Weekly 
military drills were established for the purpose of limbering up 
stiff joints and refreshing the dim recollections of old-time 
tactics. 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT IN BOSTON 127 

The "web-footed" contingent were not slow in pressing the 
infantry squad, and at times the cavalrymen had hard work 
to keep out of their way. However, all soon took up the old 
pace and "got there" in excellent form. 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT IN BOSTON 

Carrying out the early purpose of the year, Post No. 113 ten- 
dered a reception and banquet to Lafayette Post No. 140 of 
New York, to come off during Encampment week, August 1 1 to 
16. This invitation being courteously accepted, full arrange- 
ments were made to carry it out. 

RECEPTION OF LAFAYETTE NO. 140 

The first duty of the Post, Encampment week, was to meet 
their invited Comrades and guests from New York. Post No. 
140 left New York, accompanied by Kappa's 7th Regiment 
Band of fifty pieces, by a special train of Pullman cars, at one 
o'clock P.M., on Monday, August 11. Upon their arrival in 
Boston, the Kinsleys received them at the New York and New 
England station and escorted them, via City Hall and the State 
House, to the Langham Hotel, 

The Lafayette Post was one of the leading Grand Army Posts 
of the country, having a remarkable list of prominent military 
gentlemen in its membership, many being distinguished officers 
in the Civil War. It brought one hundred forty-eight Com- 
rades in its ranks, with the foIlo^ving officers : — 

General Egbert L. Viele, Commander ; Meredith L. Jones, 
Senior Vice-Commander ; Jere S. Thompson, Junior Vice- 
Commander; Theodore W. Greig, Adjutant; and Henry F. 
Herkner, Quartermaster. 

THE GRAND BANQUET TO LAFAYETTE 

Promptly at six o'clock, Monday evening, August 11, the 
Comrades of Kinsley and Lafayette, with invited guests, assem- 
bled in the parlors of the Parker House, where an hour was de- 
voted to an informal reception. Soon after seven the company 
marched to the Crystal dining hall, which was elaborately 
decorated with Union banners, representations of ancient armor, 
festoons of red, white and blue, glories of flags and festoons of 
tricolored bunting, presenting a magnificent appearance. 



128 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Over the chair of the presiding officer was displayed the Post's 
banner and above it the flag of the President of the United 
States. 

Flowers in great profusion adorned the tables, and the ban- 
quet was a marvel of epicurean art. 

The cover of the menu card was illustrated with an original 
sketch by Comrade Charles W. Reed, and the first page con- 
tained the following lines by Rev. Minot J. Savage : — 

"How good it is, O brothers, thus to meet in peace to-day 
With the fighting changed to feasting, and the grave things turned to 

gay; 
While with shouts the grateful people cheer us on our happy way, 
As we go marching on ! 

Glory, glory, hallelujah ! etc. 

" With a thought for Comrades absent and a tear for those who died, 
With a cheer for grand America, our country and our pride. 
Now with North and South united, let us close up side by side, 
As we go marching on ! 

Glory, glory, hallelujah ! etc." 

Considering the eminent soldiers and statesmen present, and 
the elegance of the whole affair, it can be safely said that no 
public function ever given by the Post exceeded in eclat this 
banquet to Post No. 140. Commander George A. Sawin pre- 
sided with grace and dignity at the head of the table ; Com- 
mander Egbert L. Viele of Post No. 140 occupied the seat of 
honor at his right and shared with his Comrades in the glory 
of the occasion. During the progress of the banquet Major- 
General Daniel E. Sickles entered and received a warm reception. 
Soon after, the Presidential party entered to the strains of 
"Hail to the Chief," and vociferous cheering. President 
Harrison wore on one lapel of his dress coat the blue ribbon 
badge of Post No. 113 of Boston, and on the other the red badge 
of Post No. 140 of New York. 

At 9.25 Commander Sawin opened the postprandial exer- 
cises with a short address, closing by introducing Comrade 
Charles H. Taylor as Toast-master. After several witty stories 
and a greeting of welcome to all the members of the Grand 
Army assembled in Boston, the Toast-master felicitously intro- 
duced the President of the United States, Comrade Benjamin 
Harrison. When the loud and long cheers which greeted this 
introduction had subsided, the President spoke as follows : — 



SPEECH BY PRESIDENT HARRISON 129 

"I do not count it the least of those fortunate circumstances which 
have occasionally appeared in my life that I am able here to-night to 
address you as Comrades of the Grand Army of the United States. It 
is an association great in its origin, great in its achievements and 
altogether worthy of perpetuation until the last of our associates 
shall have fallen into an honored grave. 

"It is not my purpose to-night to address you any extended speech, 
but only to say that whether walking with you, many of you, in the 
private pursuits of life, or holding a place of official responsibility, I 
can never in either forget those who upheld the flag of this nation in 
those days when it was in peril. 

"Everything that was worthy of preservation in our past, every- 
thing that is glowing and glorious in the future which we confront, 
turned upon the issue of that strife in which you were engaged. 

"Will you permit me to wish for each of you a life full of sweet- 
ness, and that each of you may preserve untarnished and undimmed 
that love for the Flag which called you from your home to stand under 
its folds amid the shock of battle and amid dying men. 

"I believe there are indications to-day in this country of a revived 
love for the Flag. I could wish that no American citizen would look 
upon it without saluting it." 

Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger was next introduced. 
He said : — 

"The Grand Army of the Republic takes off its hat to-night to 
Boston. We expected everything here ; we are getting more. . . . 
I had the honor of being entertained by this great Post some months 
since, the Post that is to be my escort to-morrow. 

"I gave the naval part of that command a few instructions. I 
hope thej^ have been practising, not on the deck of a ship, but on the 
back of a horse. I want to say to you, as one of them says you have 
been doing, 'Boys, never mind the use of your spurs to-morrow, but 
hang on to the halyards.' ... I bid you good night and God speed." 

Then Commander Viele with eloquent words spoke for the 
Lafayettes. This was followed by the "Rally Song of the 
G. A. R. for 1890," written by Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton, 
and dedicated to the visiting Comrades, to the tune of "March- 
ing through Georgia," closing with one stanza from "America." 
The air was finely sung by Comrade Joseph L. White, all 
joining in the chorus. The words were as follows : — 

I 

" Hark ! the call is sounding for the boys in blue once more; 
Yes ! I hear the bugle as it rings from shore to shore. 
See ! the ranks are filling as from every State we pour, 
While we go marching together. 



130 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Chorus 

" Hurrah ! hurrah ! we sing the good old song ; 
Hurrah ! hurrah ! we join the mighty throng ; 
Raise the chorus to the sky, and shout it loud and long, 
As we go marching together ! 

II 

" Flag of battles many, not a star is lost to thee ; 
Land of martyrs noble, thou art country of the free ; 
Sword of right and justice, 'tis thy day of jubilee, 
As we go marching together. 

(Chorus.) 

Ill 

" Comrades who are tenting on the other side to-day. 
Come and march beside us as we take our onward way. 
None are dead or missing, all are on the roll, we say, 
As we go marching together. 

(Chorus.) 
IV 
" Far and wide 'Fraternity,' our word of peace, we send ; 
To our suffering Comrades noblest ' Charity ' extend ; 
And our watchword, 'Loyalty,' forever we'll defend, 
As we go marching together. 

(Chorus.) 

V 

" Loyalty, Fraternity and Charity, these three, 
Long live all to see them one with law and liberty ! 
So we sing the freeman's song o'er land and echoing sea. 
As we go marching together." 

(Chorus.) 

"My country, 'tis of thee. 
Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing. 
Land of the pilgrim's pride, 
Land where my fathers died, 
From every mountain side, 

Let freedom ring !" 

Major-General Daniel E. Sickles was next presented and 
delivered the longest speech of the evening, which was repeatedly 
interrupted by great applause and tremendous cheers. The 
other speakers were Mayor Thomas N. Hart, Past Commander- 
in-Chief Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin, Department Com- 
mander Floyd Clarkson of New York, General A. W. Greeley, 



GRAND PARADE OF 1890 131 

U. S, Army, Mr, Edward W. Kinsley, Comrade Dickman of 
New York and Governor Hoard of Wisconsin. Fred Emerson 
Brooks, the California poet, read an impromptu poem accredited 
to himself and Rev. Minot J. Savage, his next neighbor at the 
table, which had the true ring and was much applauded. 

Among the noted guests not already named were : of the 
President's cabinet, Secretary of War Proctor, Secretary of 
Agriculture Rusk, Secretary of the Interior Noble ; Hon. 
William McKinley of Ohio, afterwards President of the United 
States ; Governor J. Q. A. Brackett of Massachusetts and his 
staff ; ex-Governor John D. Long ; General William T. Sher- 
man ; Hon. Alanson W. Beard, Collector of the Port ; General 
William Cogswell ; Major-General Charles Devens, Justice Su- 
preme Judicial Court ; General Cyrus Bussey, Assistant Secre- 
tary of Interior ; Admiral Gherardi ; and Commander Winfield 
G. Schley, U. S. Navy ; and General Robert Nugent. 

At 12.5 A.M. Sergeant Thomas W. Henry sounded "taps," 
and the Comrades joined hands around the tables, and to the 
strains of " Auld Lang Syne" the most brilliant of the many suc- 
cesses of Post No. 113 passed into history. 

GRAND PARADE 

On Tuesday, August 12, the grand parade of thirty-five 
thousand Veterans took place. The line was formed on Com- 
monwealth Avenue, and the procession was five hours and forty 
minutes in passing a given point, in an unbroken succession of 
marching men. It was a pageant the like of which was never 
before witnessed in Boston. Aside from the beauty of the 
spectacle, there was an inspiration of manly heroism and devo- 
tion to country emanating from the very presence and sight of 
the war-scarred heroes of many campaigns with their terrible 
battles, the representative remnant of that mighty host whose 
valor and sufferings compelled victory and saved the Union 
whole. 

MOUNTED ESCORT 

Post No. 113, well mounted, each man and horse as one, had 
the honor of leading the column, as escort to Commander-in- 
Chief Russell A. Alger. After passing the reviewing stand, the 
Post was dismissed, much to the relief of those unaccustomed to 



132 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST No. 113, G. A. R. 

ride, and all had the opportunity of witnessing the magnificent 
living and moving embodiment of patriotism. 

The Encampment week was filled with reunion receptions, 
excursions, dinners and innumerable diversions for the more 
than two hundred thousand visiting Comrades and friends. 
The latch-string of Massachusetts hospitality was always and 
everywhere apparent. 

A MONSTER CAMP FIRE 

One of the most notable of all gatherings was the reception 
and Camp Fire, held in Mechanics Building, Wednesday even- 
ing, attended by ten thousand old soldiers, including Post No. 
113 and their guests from New York. 

The enthusiasm of this vast assembly was unexampled and 
almost overpowering. No one, unless a witness of it, could 
imagine the tremendous fervor and patriotic ardor with which 
the Veterans from all over the country joined as one man, in 
this most glorious and soul-lifting meeting. 

It was an occasion of one's life to have been a partaker in it. 
Cheers upon cheers, and vociferous hurrahs, continually re- 
peated, as one and another of the noted soldiers were presented, 
made it difficult to calm the wild expressions of joy sufficiently 
to allow any one to be heard. At last, Department Commander 
Innis, who presided, succeeded in formally opening the speech 
making by a brief introductory. Governor Brackett, the first 
regular speaker of the evening, set the keynote of enthusiasm 
and power, and down to the last man every speech was made 
with ringing effect, which held the audience in closest attention. 
The speeches were interspersed with both instrumental and 
vocal music of fine quality. 

The greatest Commander of the War then living, General 
William T. Sherman, was present and spoke briefly, but from 
the heart. It proved to be the last time that most of the 
audience were permitted to see him or hear his voice, as, before 
the National Encampment of 1904 in Boston, he had passed 
beyond the veil. 

The other speakers were Mayor Hart, Commander-in-Chief 
Alger, General Benjamin F. Butler, Major William McKinley, 
Past Commander-in-Chief Warner, General Sickles and Hon. 
Willard Howland. 



ENCAMPMENT WEEK 133 

The public press declared that : — 

"In point of distinguished men, vast assemblage, admirable manage- 
ment and good speaking, this Camp Fire of the Grand Army Encamp- 
ment and Woman's Relief Corps was a type of what is most brilliant 
and best in large public gatherings of a similar nature, and as regards 
the present Encampment it ranked as one of the most conspicuous 
successes of the week's celebration." 

The meetings of the Encampment were held at Music Hall on 
Hamilton Place. On Thursday evening a grand complimentary 
banquet was given in Mechanics Hall to the delegates of the 
National Encampment ; Friday they were taken by boat to 
Plymouth, and Saturday the steamer New York took them a sail 
up along the North Shore. In the afternoon they had an 
opportunity to view the evolutions off Boston Light of the 
Naval Squadron which had been lying in the harbor during 
the week in honor of the Encampment. The State donated 
fifty thousand dollars, the city of Boston twenty-five thousand 
dollars and citizens in proportion. The decorations, public and 
private, were lavish, while the generous hospitality shown on 
every hand, all in a spirit of utmost friendliness, contributed to 
make the whole week one of the most enjoyable and successful 
National Encampments ever held by the Grand Army. 

A list of the notable men and women present upon this 
occasion would alone fill a small volume. 

The follo\^^ng members of Post No. 113 served on one or more 
important committees which made the general arrangements 
and carried out the numerous details of the Encampment, viz. : 
Comrades Adams, Nathan Appleton, Blackmar, Benson, John 
D. Billings, John H. Cook, Charles G. Davis, Dalton, Hollis, 
Hersey, Hall, Hodgdon, Ireland, Jacobs, Edward W. Kinsley, 
Kendricken, Mathews, Parker, Eugene H. Richards, Sanborn, 
Sanderson, Sawin, Stillings, Charles H. Taylor, Cranmore 
N. Wallace, Waugh and White. 

ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION AND BANQUET 

The twenty-first Anniversary banquet was served at 
Young's Hotel, following a reception in which one hundred 
and thirty Comrades and guests participated. After dining, 
Commander Sawin called to order, and, congratulating the 
Post on the great and successful events of the year, he 



134 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

announced that no member had been lost by death since the 
last anniversary occasion. Comrade Eugene H. Richards 
was presented as Toast-master. Affectionate reference was 
made to the loss of Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief and 
Past Department Commander Richard F. Tobin. 

Two pleasant incidents of the evening were the presentation 
to the Post by Comrade Blackmar, in behalf of Mr. Charles W. 
Parker, of a fine portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the work of his 
son, Mr. Charles S. Parker, an artist of note, and the presenta- 
tion of a solid silver loving cup by a delegation representing 
Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York, in remembrance of their 
delightful visit and entertainment by Kinsley Post No. 113, 
in Boston the previous August. 

The other speakers were Mayor Thomas N. Hart, who had 
aided the Post all in his power during the Encampment ; Hon. 
George A. Marden, State Treasurer ; ex-Governor and General 
Nathaniel P. Banks ; Hon. Sherman Hoar ; Hon. Frederick T. 
Greenhalge ; Mr. Edward W. Kinsley ; Past Department Com- 
mander George L. Goodale, and Comrades James B. Brewster 
and J. C. L. Hamilton of Lafayette Post No. 140 of New 
York. 

Duets and songs Avere rendered by Comrades Joseph L. White, 
Carl Pfleuger and Thomas H. Norris. It was a fitting con- 
clusion of the year's stirring celebrations. 

LESSER ITEMS 

The commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the pastorate 
of Rev. Edward A. Horton at the Second Church, Copley 
Square, was celebrated by a reception and musicale given in 
honor of Rev. and Mrs. Horton at the church. May 23. It 
was an interesting occasion, largely attended by members of 
the Post. 

November 25 the annual inspection was made by Comrade 
W. H. Downs of Post No. 62. 

December 9 a memorial was adopted on the death of National 
Senior Vice-Commander and Past Department Commander of 
Massachusetts Richard F. Tobin. 



COMMANDER SAWIN 135 

GEORGE A. SAWIN 

Service, Civil War. 22d Mass. Infantry. 

13th Veteran Reserve Corps. Sergeant. 

Commander Sawin was one of the Comrades who united 
with the Post at the time of its organization, December 2, 1869, 
and was an active member during nearly all the period since. 
His longest official service was as Chaplain, though he occupied 
several other stations prior to his election as Senior Vice- 
Commander. By the death of his predecessor in the mid-year, 
the duties of acting Commander were cast upon him during the 
last half of 1887, thus making his service as presiding officer 
two and one-half years. 

Owing to conditions already described, his service for the first 
half of this period was rather trying and not of a satisfying 
nature. He had, however, the honor of serving during the first 
great National Encampment held in Boston, and carried through 
with great success and credit the arduous duties of the Encamp- 
ment week, including the most brilliant reception and banquet 
ever given by Post No. 113, at which were present an array of 
great soldiers, statesmen and literati such as never before or 
since graced a banquet board in Massachusetts' capital city. 

It was during his administration that the Post was introduced 
into a larger field and carried the reputation of Post No. 113 
far beyond its own limited border, from which it has never 
receded. 



CHAPTER XXVI 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-one 

Notable Memorial Service. Mrs. Harriet R. P. Stafford. 
The First Stars and Stripes. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. 
Visit to Lafayette. The Tomb of General Grant. West 
Point. Grand Banquet at New York. First Fall Field 
Day. Twenty-second Anniversary. Minor Events. Sketch 
of Mr. Edward W. Kinsley. Sketch of Commander George 
F. Hall. 

officers installed by past commander wilmon w. blackmar 

Commander George F. Hall. 

Senior Vice-Commander John H. Cook. 

Junior Vice-Commander Caleb W. Hodgdon. 

Adjutant Augustus N. Sampson. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Samuel L. Dutton. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day William Carlton Ireland. 

Officer of the Guard Benjamin H. Ticknor. 

Sergeant Major Augustine Sanderson. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Otis H. Neal. 

notable memorial services 

NOTWITHSTANDING the strenuous duties and enjoy- 
ments of the National Encampment just ended, the year 
was brightened by several events of more than ordinary 
significance. 

May 30 the Post, with the usual escort of four companies 
of the 1st Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., marched from the 
South Armory, Irvington Street, to the Common, via Marl- 
boro Street. In passing the residence of Mr. Edward W. 
Kinsley a salute was given him as he stood at the window ; it 
was the last Memorial Day he had the pleasure of looking 
upon "his boys," as he always affectionately called them. 

136 




GEORGE F. HALL 
Post Commander, 1891 



NOTABLE MEMORIAL SERVICES 137 

MRS. HARRIET R. P. STAFFORD AND THE ORIGINAL STARS AND 

STRIPES 

Memorial Day, always full of peculiar pathos, was rendered 
especially interesting by the unusual scenes which characterized 
the services this year in Tremont Temple. 

After the decoration of the cenotaph, including the music 
and addresses appertaining thereto, Chaplain Horton intro- 
duced a feature that roused old and young, men and women, 
soldier and sailor, Veteran and Militiaman, to the greatest 
enthusiasm. He had in his address referred to the love of the 
Veterans for the Flag they fought to save, when suddenly he 
displayed the Stars and Stripes, explaining that the ensign he 
held in his hand was the "Original Stars and Stripes," the first 
Flag made in the United States, the first banner of the Union 
gazed upon by the eyes of the American people. 

It was made by the ladies of Philadelphia, and Paul Jones 
floated it on a small boat on the Schuylkill River. He after- 
wards transferred it to the Bon Homme Richard, and during 
the engagement of that vessel with the British vessel Serapis, 
it was shot from the mast and fell into the water. Lieutenant 
Stafford, of the Bon Homme Richard, jumped overboard, 
recovered the Flag, and nailed it to the mast. The Flag was 
afterward given him for gallantry in that action. Mrs. Harriet 
R. P. Stafford, of Cottage City, a descendant of Lieutenant 
Stafford, now the owner of the Flag, was then introduced by 
Chaplain Horton. A boarding cutlass that belonged to the 
equipment of the Bon Homme Richard and was used in the 
engagement with the Serapis was also exhibited. During this 
dramatic recital, and for a considerable time after, the 
audience was wild with excitement : ladies and children 
waved their handkerchiefs and sobbed; Comrades on the 
platform and floor swung their hats and cheered, and the 
young militiamen rose to their feet, clapped their hands and 
shouted. It was the most vivid patriotic scene ever enacted 
at a Memorial Day service. 

MARY A. LIVERMORE 

But the day's events were not ended. Immediately after the 
episode just related, Commander Hall presented Mrs. Mary A. 



138 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Livermore, the orator of the day, who was the first woman to 
so officiate upon a Memorial Day celebration in Boston. She 
first spoke of her remembrances just prior to and at the break- 
ing out of the Civil War in 1861 ; then of her experiences in 
the army in taking out supplies for the sick and those in 
hospitals. Her graphic portrayal of scenes in army life 
affected many of her hearers to tears, and old Veterans were 
seen to remove their eye-glasses and wipe away the drops of 
sympathy. 

She also related an instance of meeting a railway porter in 
Switzerland with an artificial leg, wearing as she thought a 
Grand Army badge, but thought of course it could not be so. As 
the man came toward her she saw her first observation was cor- 
rect ; she said : — 

"I immediately forgot all conventionalities and hurried to him, 
and in the very best French I could muster, I asked him how it came 
about that he, a Swiss railway porter, was wearing the badge of the 
Grand Army of the Republic of America. 

"He said, speaking perfect English, 'Madame, I enlisted in the 
service of your country in June, 1861, and I was mustered out in 
October, 1865.' 

"'Where did you lose your leg?' 

"'At Gettysburg,' said he, 'and I still remained in the service, as 
I wanted to see the end. I went into the invalid corps for duty in the 
hospital. Madame, your America and my America is a good nation 
to live for, to fight for, to die for. By and by, when the old father 
and mother pass away, I am going back to my America ; I have no 
family ; I receive a pension from the United States government and 
am a naturalized citizen. I am going back some time. Believe me, 
America is to be the Messiah of nations.'" 

Her remembrance of the soldiers of 1861-1865 was the 
sweetest, tenderest, most appreciative and sincere tribute ever 
offered to the boys in blue. 

At the conclusion of her address the applause was hearty and 
long continued. It was indeed a memorable occasion. 

VISIT TO LAFAYETTE POST 

Ere the roses bloomed in the springtime, an urgent invita- 
tion had been received from the Comrades of Lafayette Post No. 
140, New York, to visit them in connection with the visit of 
Meade Post No. 1 of Philadelphia, which invitation had been 



VISIT TO LAFAYETTE POST 139 

accepted. Ninety-eight members of the Post, accompanied 
with guests and reporters, left for New York in three sleeping 
coaches the evening of June 24, arriving the next morning at 
New York and breakfasting at the Murray Hill Hotel. About 
8.30 A.M. Lafayette Post, parading one hundred seventy-five 
Comrades in their natty uniforms and white helmets, under 
command of Senior Vice-Commander Jere S. Thompson, with 
Bodwell's Band, reported at the hotel. After the customary 
military courtesies, they escorted Kinsley Post to the West 
Forty-third Street pier, where the gayly decorated steamer 
Cepheus was in waiting. At nine o'clock the Cepheus, with 
colors flying, bands playing and Comrades cheering, left the 
pier for Jersey City, where the one hundred seventy-five 
Comrades of George G. Meade Post No. 1 of Philadelphia, 
Commander Louis P. Langer, were received. 

Among the distinguished guests on board were Major-Gen- 
eral Oliver 0. Howard, U. S. Army ; Rear Admiral Braine, U. S. 
Navy ; Commander-in-Chief Wheelock G. Veazey ; Assistant 
Adjutant-General Charles H. R. Freeman and Quartermaster 
General John Taylor, G. A .R. ; Mayor Edwin Stuart ; George 
Roney, Director of Public Safety; General St. Clair A. Mul- 
holland ; Colonel J. M. Schoonmaker ; Colonel B. Brooke and 
Colonel W. W. Allen of Philadelphia; Department Com- 
mander Charles H. Freeman; Past Department Commander 
Floyd Jackson and L. S. Emery, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
G. A. R., of New York ; Past Commander-in-Chief George S. 
Merrill ; and Carl Pfleuger of Massachusetts. 

It took only a short time for the old Soldiers to become thor- 
oughly acquainted and the exchange of badges to become active. 
The special badge prepared by Post No. 140 consisted of a 
bronze pin inscribed "June 25, 1891," from which were sus- 
pended crossed flags surmounted by a soaring eagle, and be- 
neath three links inscribed, "Meade, Kinsley, Lafayette." 
Upon the links rested a miniature badge of the G. A. R. 

The sail up the Hudson, always one of the grandest and most 
picturesque in America, and in many respects rivalling the fa- 
mous trip on the Rhine, was especially delightful in this genial 
company, and upon one of lovely June's unrivalled days. 

On passing the tomb of General Grant at Riverside, the bell 
of the steamer was tolled, the Flag dropped to half mast, and 



140 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

the band played a dirge. At Peekskill the famous 7th Regi- 
ment of New York were in camp, and a salute was given 
in passing. 

The Lafayette Glee Club led in singing the old songs and also 
executed several original productions abounding in local hits 
and witticisms. One of the verses to Kinsley Post was as 
follows : — 

"There's a little Post in Boston town, 
And Kinsley is their name, 
To excel them in hospitality 
Is not an easy game : 
There are no flies on Kinsley, 
We found none there last fall : 
And now we've got them over here, 
They shan't go home at all." 

The boat arrived at West Point at I p.m., where the party 
was met by Colonel Wilson, the Commandant, and a Major- 
General's salute was given to General Howard. A speech of 
welcome was made by Colonel Wilson, to which General 
Howard responded. The boys were courteously shown over 
the grounds and buildings ; all points of interest were care- 
fully noted. To many this trip and visit were new, but for 
all it was a most enjoyable occasion, long to be remembered. 

After a two hours' visit the boat was again taken and arrived 
back at New York about six o'clock. The comrades of La- 
fayette were unremitting from start to finish in their attentions 
to their guests, and the lavish hospitality in all directions could 
not be exceeded. On the return trip Major-General Daniel 
Butterfield was added to the other notable guests. 

THE BANQUET 

After an informal reception at the^Manhattan Athletic Club 
House, corner of Madison Avenue and Forty-fifth Street, 
about five hundred sat down to the tables in the theatre of the 
club. The decorations were tasteful and appropriate. The 
stage was set with a garden scene and the banner, colors and 
guidons of Post No. 140 with stacked arms. Palms, ferns 
and flowers were profuse and beautiful. The banquet was 
elaborate, and many men of national renown were present. 
The speakers were as follows : Senior Vice-Commander Jere 



FALL FIELD DAY 141 

S. Thompson, who presided; Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, a 
member of Post No. 140, who acted as Toast-master, and 
made an eloquent and characteristic speech of welcome. 
Then followed Commander Langer of Meade Post; Rev. 
Russell H. Conwell of Philadelphia; Commander Hall of 
Kinsley Post, who received an ovation — the Comrades of La- 
fayette and Meade vying with each other in the heartiness of 
their greeting ; Commander-in-Chief Veazey ; General Howard ; 
General Roger Swayne ; Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton of 
Post No. 113; Mayor Stuart of Philadelphia; and Department 
Commander Freeman of New York. Mr. Emerson Brooks 
and Mr. Louis Aldrich gave pleasing recitations. 

At 12.50 A.M. this reunion of Veterans, never excelled in 
brilliancy, cementing in closest friendship the Comrades of 
three cities, closed with resounding cheers. 

Kinsley Post boarded its special train of sleepers, and at eight 
o'clock the next morning arrived safely home in Boston. 

FALL FIELD DAY 

The following September a new feature was added in what was 
denominated a Fall Field Day, consisting of an all day's target 
shoot at Walnut Hill range and a social evening of enjoyment, 
enlivened by the distribution of prizes won at the butts. It 
proved for over ten years a pleasant annual outing and in- 
duced quite a spirit of generous rivalry in finding the "bull's 

eye." 

The first "shoot" came off September 29, and excellent scores 
were rolled up. Many of the prizes were of artistic or intrinsic 
value, and every shooter received one or more tokens; the 
"booby" prize consisted of a leather target framed in oxidized 
silver and suspended by golden chains from a cartridge pin, 
while the "consolation" prize was a wooden breech-loader of 
the " Johnny-get-your gun" pattern. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

Saturday evening, November 21, the twenty-second Anni- 
versary banquet was held at Young's Hotel. The arrange- 
ments for the entertainment were admirably planned and 
successfully carried out. Comrade "Joe" White had charge 
of the musical programme. 



142 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The speakers were Commander Hall, who presided, with 
Past Commander Blackmar, Toast-master ; Hon. Alanson W. 
Beard, Collector of the Port ; Past Commanders Augustus N. 
Sampson and Eugene H. Richards; Comrades Charles H. Taylor, 
Captain "Jack" Adams of Post No. 5, Lynn, "Private Billy 
Olin" of Post No. 26, Roxbury ; Department Commander 
Arthur A. Smith ; Colonel Theodore A. Barton of Providence, 
Rhode Island ; Comrade Hawley of Post No. 40, Maiden ; our 
German Comrade Carl Pfleuger ; and the following visiting 
Comrades from Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York, viz. : 
Waldo Sprague, A. S. Blake, L. E. Evans and G. W. Jones. 

A pleasant feature of the evening was the presentation of a 
massive silver loving cup by Kinsley Post to Lafayette, in 
remembrance of the delightful visit to New York the previous 
June. Comrade Sprague received the cup in behalf of the 
Lafayettes. 

MINOR EVENTS 

The initial social was held January 27 and consisted of music, 
a war paper, exhibition of the phonograph and a collation. 

On February 24, Past Department Commander John G. B. 
Adams described his experiences as a prisoner of war and es- 
cape therefrom. Mr. L. M. Chase, master of the Dudlej- Gram- 
mar School, read a paper on "The Natural Beauty of America," 
including his visit to Yellowstone Park. Also music and a 
collation. 

March 24, a rare musical treat was enjoyed with the eminent 
artists Comrades Myron W. Whitney and William H. Fes- 
senden, assisted by Mr. Herndon Morsell and Mr. William L. 
Whitney. The usual collation was served. 

April 14, a copy of the original charter of Post No. 1, 
G. A. R., Decatur, Illinois, was presented to the Post. 

April 28, Comrade Gardner C. Hawkins related his war ex- 
periences, and a collation was served. 

June 23, Comrade Charles W. Reed related his army experi- 
ences, and Charles C. Adams read a war paper. 

September 29, Comrade John C. Cook presented the Post 
with a photograph of William J. Haynes of Blair Post, St. 
Louis, Missouri, the oldest living Comrade of theG. A. R., one 
hundred three years of age. 



DEATH OF EDWARD W. KINSLEY 143 

On the 27th of October, Comrade Adams read a paper on the 
battle of Fair Oaks. 

The annual inspection b}^ Comrade Fred T. Hawley of Post 
No. 40, Maiden, Assistant Department Inspector, took place 
November 10. The same evening Commander Hall presented 
the Post with a State flag. 

December 18, entertainment by Le Roy, the illusionist, and 
Mr. Dow, impersonator. 

The losses by death were Comrade Nathaniel M. Putnam, 
September 5, and Mr. Edward W. Kinsley, December 26, the 
gentleman for whom the Post was named. 

Mr. Kinsley's funeral at Trinity Church, December 29, was 
attended by the Comrades he loved, and suitable resolutions 
were adopted to his memory. Engrossed resolutions of sym- 
pathy were also received by Kinsley Post from Lafayette Post 
No. 140 of New York. 

EDWARD W. KINSLEY 

Mr. Kinsley was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, May 
24, 1829. He came to Boston in 1848 and up to 1872 was 
engaged in mercantile business. He was appointed a State 
director of the New York and New England Railroad in 1873 
and five years later a member of the Board of Railroad Com- 
missioners. In 1883 he resigned, but the following year was 
reappointed, continuing in said office up to the date of his 
death. 

During the Civil War Mr. Kinsley was the right-hand man 
of War Governor John A. Andrew, and conducted many confi- 
dential and highly important matters between the State and 
National governments. 

He was very active in raising money for the War and con- 
tinually interested himself in the welfare of the Soldiers at the 
front. During the latter part of the War, at a time when strict 
orders had been issued that no civilian should be allowed within 
the army lines, he was sent upon an important mission which 
necessitated his going within the lines. He saw President Lin- 
coln and explained the nature of his business, and after some 
hesitation the President issued a letter which was ever after 
highly prized by Mr. Kinsley. It read as follows : — 



144 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

" To All Officers of the Army of the Potomac : 

"You will allow the bearer, Mr. Edward W. Kinsley, to pass inside 
our lines at whatever time he may choose and at any point he may 
desire, and officers will see that he has proper escort. 

"Abraham Lincoln." 

In all matters connected with the War Mr. Kinsley was a 
large-hearted and public-spirited citizen. It was such as he 
who made it possible for the first and subsequent troops sent 
out to be well equipped, and much of the care used by the Gov- 
ernor in looking after the Massachusetts men in the field, and 
especially the hospital, was doubtless caused by the compre- 
hensive letters and reports made by Mr. Kinsley through per- 
sonal visits and investigations at the front. 

His interest in Post No. 113 never flagged, and for twenty- 
one years he was present upon nearly all public occasions. His 
death removed from among us one of the few survivors of the 
old-time gentlemen prominently associated with the stirring 
scenes of the War of 1861 to 1865. 



GEORGE F. JIALL 

Service, Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 

Service, M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and In- 
spector Rifle Practice. 
Colonel and Inspector General Rifle Practice, 

Staff Governor Greenhalge. 
Brigadier-General and Inspector-General Rifle 
Practice, Staff Governor Wolcott. 

Following the very active Encampment year a quiet and 
easy time might reasonably be expected, but such was not the 
case. There was "something doing" most of the time, and 
all were of an interesting character. Commander Hall was a 
good presiding officer, and had a Avay of pleasantly praising 
the efforts of all who took any active part in carrying on the 
organization or assisting in its functions. 

He had much originality, with a genius for details. His 
genial ways made him extremely popular, and there was no re- 
action from the position taken by the Post the previous year. 
In fine, his administration was a success. Since then he has 
been a prominent and influential member of the Post and has 



COMMANDER HALL 145 

performed notable service on important committees and the 
Council of Administration. 

Commander Hall might well fit Marcus Aurelius Antoninus' 
idea of what he calls "a man of prol)ity." 

"His distinction lies in letting reason guide his practice, in con- 
tentment with all that is allotted him, keeping pure the divinity within 
him, untroubled by a crowd of ai)pearances ; preserving it tranquil, 
and obeying it as a god. He is all truth in his word, and justice in his 
actions, and if the whole world should disbelieve his integrity, dispute 
his character, and question his happiness, he would neither take it ill 
in the least nor turn aside from that path that leads to the aim of life, 
towards which he must move pure, calm, well prepared, and with perfect 
resignation in his fate." 



CHAPTER XXVII 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-two 

Memorial Day. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., Orator. 
The Second Commander to die in Office. New Post Badge. 
Anniversary. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander John 
H. Cook. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST COMMANDER THOMAS R. MATHEWS 

Commander John H. Cook. 

Senior Vice-Commander W. Wallace Waugh. 

Jitnior Vice-Commander Samuel Harrington. 

Adjutant Cranmore N. Wallace. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day James D. Leatherbee. 

Officer of the Guard Lewis Eddy. 

Sergeant Major James G. Harris. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... William H. Neale. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

MAY 30 the Post with the usual escort of five companies 
and band of the 1st Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., 
held its usual memorial services at the Common and Tremont 
Temple. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., delivered an 
appreciative address upon the character and services of 
Edward W. Kinsley. Among the prominent men present 
were ex-Governor Alexander H. Rice, ex-Mayor Frederick W. 
Lincoln, Collector Alanson W. Beard, Hon. Jonathan Lane, 
Mr. Curtis Guild, Mr. Curtis Guild, Jr., Colonel Arnold A. 
Rand, Hon. Frederick L. Ames, Major George 0. Carpenter 
and Mr. Kidder. 

The dinner in the afternoon at Young's was well attended. 
Past Commander Hollis acted as Toast-master and gracefully 
introduced the following speakers : Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, 

146 




JOHN H. COOK 
Post Commander, 1892 



THE POST BADGE 147 

Hon. A. W. Beard, Colonel A. A. Rand, Mr. A. C. Burrage, 
Post Chaplain Horton and Past Commander Blackmar. 

August 19 Commander Cook passed away, the second Com- 
mander of the Post to die in office. 

POST BADGE 

The present Post badge, of elegant design and wrought in 
gold, was adopted in September. The following is a descrip- 
tion : — 

" A gold star one and one-half inches in diameter, irradiated ; with 
seven points, each point supporting a hand holding a spear, and inter- 
mediate between each two points a cannon dismounted pointing 
inward. In the centre a circle seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, 
with an outer edge in bhie enamel, one-eighth of an inch in diameter, 
bearing the legend 'Edward W. Kinsley Post, G. A. R.' in gold. The 
centre of circle nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter in white enamel, 
with bold figures '113' displayed in gold. The badge suspended by 
a gold ring, from a red, white and blue silk ribbon one and one-half 
inches wide. Reverse of badge plain gold, the upper point bearing an 
engraved number." 

ANNIVERSARY 

The twenty-third Anniversary banquet at Young's Hotel 
was held, as usual, November 22. The music was in charge of 
Comrade White and embraced patriotic songs and ballads by 
the ]\Iendelssohn Quartette, with Professor Leon Keach as 
pianist. After the reception one hundred fifty members and 
guests sat do^^^l at the tables. Senior Vice-Commander W. 
Wallace Waugh presided, and Past Commander Augustus N. 
Sampson acted as Toast-master. The principal speakers were : 
Colonel William M. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth ; 
Department Commander Churchill ; ''Captain Jack" Adams; 
James B. Bach of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York ; Com- 
rade Paul H. Kendricken ; Past Commander Wilmon W. 
Blackmar ; and Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton, who 
presented the Post with an elegantly bound volume entitled 
"Personal War Sketches," from Mrs. Sarah C. Fisher Welling- 
ton, in memory of her late husband, Colonel and Past Com- 
mander Austin C. Wellington. 

Carl Pfleuger made a neat speech and sang "Columbus's 
Vision," from "1492." Eight Comrades of Lafayette Post 
No. 140 were present. It was a very satisfactory occasion. 



148 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The annual inspection was made Deceml)er 13 by Comrade 
C. W. Putnam of Post No. 10, Worcester, Assistant Inspector. 

MINOR EVENTS 

January 23, an address was given by Rev. George S. Ball, late 
Chaplain of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry, on the "Engage- 
ment at Roanoke Island." Shipmate Jack Reading, a colored 
naval Veteran who served on the Kearsarge in its fight with the 
Alabama, gave an account of the battle off Cherbourg, France. 
On the 26th, Comrade Francis S. Haseltine entertained with 
war sketches. April 20, Comrade James D. Leatherbee gave 
his interview Avith Kit Carson, and Comrade A. M. Benson 
recounted his capture, imprisonment and escape from the 
enemy in 1864. 

January 12, representatives of the Post attended the installa- 
tion of the officers of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York. 

In February the Ladies' Aid Association held a fair in Music 
Hall in aid of the Soldiers' Home. The Post donated one hun- 
dred thirteen dollars for the cause, and its members actively 
assisted in carrying on the fair. Commander-in-Chief John 
Palmer and Department Commander Smith were present and 
spoke on the evening of the 10th. 

At the March meeting Comrade Hall was presented with 
an Eighteenth Corps badge. 

October 4, the second fall field day and target shoot was held 
at Walnut Hill, with a social dinner at the American House in 
the evening. 

The deaths were William K. Millar, August 21, and John 
Greeley S. White, April 19. 

JOHN H. COOK 

Service, Civil War. 10th Mass. Infantry. Private ; Corporal. 
57th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 
3d Mass. Battalion Rifles. 

Commander Cook was very active in the arrangements for 
the Encampment held in 1890, and in 1891 was appointed chair- 
man of most of the Post special committees of importance ; 
in 1892 until his sickness in May, as Post Commander, he was 
active. 



COMMANDER COOK 149 

He was a man of positive convictions, rather impulsive and 
aggressive in speech and manner, and, like most others of his 
temperament, had strong friends and some enemies. 

He was a ready and forcible speaker and in many respects 
was a strong man with great individuality. He was one who 
preferred to carry responsibility and run things himself. Be- 
fore his sickness, which terminated in his death in August, 
nothing of importance transpired in the Post Calendar. 

The principal duties of the year fell upon Senior Vice-Com- 
mander Waugh. Though the principal events went off well, it 
was not as pleasant and harmonious in the membership as 
could have been wished. This feeling was not primarily 
caused by the present administration, though accentuated by 
it ; the underlying reason was the system of selecting officers, 
as mentioned elsewhere. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-three 

Ladies' Night. Memorial Services. General Joshua L. 
Chamberlain, Orator. A Touching Incident. Reception 
TO Commander-in-Chief Adams. Anniversary Banquet. 
Reception to Commander-in-Chief A. G. Weissert. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander Cranmore N. Wallace. 

officers installed by past commander wilmon w. blackmar 

Commander Cranmore N. Wallace. 

Senior Vice-Commander .... Samuel Harrington. 

Junior Vice-Commander .... William Carleton Ireland. 

Adjutant James G. Harris. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Officer of the Day James S. Barrows. 

Officer of the Guard .... Walter Burns. 

Sergeant Major Louis G. A. Fauteaux. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . . Augustine Sanderson, 

ladies' night 

THE year opened very pleasantly with a social enter- 
tainment in honor of the ladies of the Post, held in the 
Irvington Street Armory, by the courtesy of Past Commander 
Mathews, Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., 
in command of the Armory. 

The Comrades and ladies assembled in the officers' room and 
listened to an interesting paper by Past Commander Nathan 
Appleton on Santo Domingo, with stereopticon views. Com- 
rade White delighted the audience with the song "Brown Octo- 
ber Ale," from "Robin Hood," also his composition "My 
Rose." 

The company then proceeded to the drill hall and witnessed 
a review of the Boston Battalion of the Naval Brigade, 
tendered to the Post by Lieutenant Commander Soley. Com- 

150 




CRANMORE N. WALLACE 
Post Commander, 1893 



MEMORIAL DAY 151 

mander Wallace acted as reviewing officer, with the other 
officers of the Post as his staff. The review was followed by 
an exhibition drill and a collation. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

On Memorial Sunday the Post attended services at the Young 
Men's Christian Union, upon invitation of Mr. W. H. Baldwin, 
who delivered an address upon "Memorial Day, its Lessons of 
Loyalty and Devotion to Country." Special music was ren- 
dered by the Corinthian Male Quartette. 

May 30, the Memorial observances were carried out substan- 
tially as in former years. After the Post had assembled at the 
Irvington Street Armory and been dra^\ai up in line, with the 
escort of five companies of the 1st Regiment of Infantry, 
M. V. M., and band, a touching incident occurred. Four Vet- 
erans of the old First Massachusetts Association marched into 
the hall, bearing four Flags too tattered to be unfurled : Flags 
presented to the gallant "Old First" upon its departure to the 
front in 1861 and carried in its many engagements with the 
enemy. 

Comrade James D. Leatherbee, a Veteran of the "Old First," 
in an appropriate speech transferred these sacred relics of the 
War to the care of Colonel Thomas R. Mathews, the Com- 
mander of the 1st Regiment, M. V. M., and a Veteran of the 
"Old First" and a Comrade of Post No. 113, who received 
the Flags and had them placed in his headquarters, where 
they would be sacredly guarded and preserved. 

AT MUSIC HALL 

The regular services of the day were held in Music Hall. 
The decorations, flowers, ceremonies and music were all beauti- 
ful, but the audience was quite small, in marked contrast with 
the usual large concourse present. General Joshua L. Cham- 
berlain of Maine delivered a long and carefully prepared ora- 
tion, and Chaplain Horton made a short and spirited address 
in closing. Among the prominent persons present were: 
General Stewart L. Woodford, of New York; General A. P. 
Martin; Colonel Thomas E. Barker; Judges Field, Bumpus 
and Asa French. Eighty Comrades of the Post were present, 
the largest number parading on any previous Memorial Day. 



152 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The dinner at Young's in the afternoon was a very social 
and patriotic function, at which most of the gentlemen named 
as present at Music Hall attended and spoke. 

Commander Wallace presided with his usual dignity and 
grace, and Past Commander Augustus N. Sampson was Toast- 
master. Justice Walbridge A. Field and General Augustus P. 
Martin made especially fine addresses. 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ADAMS 

In September the Suffolk County Posts gave a hearty greet- 
ing and reception in Faneuil Hall to Commander-in-Chief 
John G. B. Adams, in which the Post took an active part. 
Lieutenant-Governor Roger Wolcott and most of the prominent 
G. A. R. officers and ex-officers of the State were present. 

The annual Fall Field Day was enjoyed at Walnut Hill and 
the evening at Post headquarters. 

Post inspection by Comrade Everett A. Stevens of Post No. 
11 was held November 14. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The twenty-fourth Anniversary reception and banquet was 
held at Young's, November 22, with unbroken ranks for the 
year. Commander Wallace, looking every inch a soldier, with 
mustache and imperial, a la Phil Kearney, one of the hand- 
somest men in the Post, — which is saying a great deal, as "113 " 
is phenomenal for the percentage of fine, handsome, manly- 
looking men in its membership, — presided and made a neat 
speech, introducing the prince of toast-masters. Comrade Charles 
H. Taylor. After relating several amusing anecdotes. Comrade 
Taylor gave a very interesting and instructive resume of the 
principal world events and changes that had taken place within 
the past twenty-four years, the life of the Post, and closed by 
gracefully presenting Governor William E. Russell, Avho made 
an excellent address which was warmly received. 

The other speakers were Hon. A. W. Beard; Department 
Commander Eli W. Hall ; General A. P. Martin ; Major L. C. 
Brackett and Colonel Alexander Thane of Lafayette Post No. 
140, New York; Rev. F. H. Hinman ; Mr. Robert A. Barnett, 
author of "1492"; Alderman John H. Lee; Hon. Sherman 



COMMANDER WALLACE 153 

Hoar, U. S. District Attorney, read an original poem entitled 
"The Three Sentinels," portraying three types of the Union 
Volunteer. 

Among the other guests present were: Captain Edgar Wil- 
liams ; Major Asa S. Blake ; Colonels W. E. Shepard, A. P. 
Tate and L. E. Evans, of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York ; 
David F. Barry, President Common Council ; Colonel Harry 
E. Russell ; Assistant Adjutant-General H. O. Moore of the 
G.A. R. ; Mr. Carl Pfieuger and Mr. A. W. Carr. 

The music was under the direction of Comrades Myron W. 
Whitney and William H. Fessenden. It was a very delightful 
occasion. 

MINOR EVENTS 

At the meeting held March 28, Mr. Williams gave recitations 
and readings. April 11, Comrade J. M. Perkins of the G. A.R. 
Record delivered an address, and on the 25th vocal selections 
were rendered by the Whitney Quartette. At each of these 
entertainments a collation was served. 

A pleasant reception to Commander-in-Chief A. G. Weissert 
was given by the Post, June 29. Six of the other Boston Posts 
were represented. 

CRANMORE N. WALLACE 

Service, Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; Acting Lieu- 
tenant commanding his company. 

43d Mass. Infantry. Sergeant ; special service, 
Lieutenant and Aide de Camp. 

Colonel and Aide de Camp Staff of General A. R. 
Chaffee. 

At the opening of the year there was an apparent unrest 
among the membership, but it grew less as time went on. All 
the events of the year were well planned and executed ; indeed, 
considering that no important public matter came up, there are 
few years when the routine celebrations have been more en- 
joyable or better appreciated. 

Commander Wallace presided with entire acceptance upon 
all occasions. He was a good executive officer, with a clear head 
for perfecting details and, being always genial and considerate 
of others, was in many respects an ideal Commander. 

He was fortunate in his Adjutant, and his administration 



154 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

was well supported by the Board of Officers ; under such cir- 
cumstances the reputation of the Post was advanced and 
strengthened. 

Since his term as Commander, he has performed much valu- 
able service upon various committees of the Post, and his zeal, 
business methods and ability were conspicuously shown in the 
arrangements for the National Encampment in Boston held 
in 1904 as Chairman of the Committee on Parade, Assistant 
Adjutant-General to General Black, Commander-in-Chief, as 
well as a member of the Encampment Executive Committee. 




SAMUEL HARRINGTON 
Post Commander, 1894 



CHAPTER XXIX 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-four 

The Memory of Edward W. Kinsley Honored. Memorial 
Services. General Oliver O. Howard, Orator. Fall Field 
Day. Anniversary Banquet. Sketch of Commander Samuel 
Harrington. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY COMRADE WALTER S. PARKER 
OF READING 

Commander Samuel Harrington. 

Senior Vice-Commander .... William Carleton Ireland. 

Junior Vice-Commander .... Louis G. A. Fauteaux. 

Adjutant James G. Harris. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Charles C. Adams. 

Officer of the Guard .... Orrin Bent. 

Sergeant Major John C. Cook. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . . Augustine Sanderson. 

HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF EDWARD W. KINSLEY 

THE year opened with a handsome donation to the Sol- 
diers' Home, Chelsea, for the purpose of furnishing a room 
in honor of Edward W. Kinsley, the godfather of the Post. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

Sunday, May 18, the Post attended special Memorial serv- 
ices at the Young Men's Christian Union, upon invitation of 
Mr. William H. Baldwin. Ex-Governor John D. Long de- 
livered an address. 

GENERAL OLIVER O. HOWARD 

The Memorial Day ceremonies. May 30, followed the general 
plan. At Music Hall, after the ritualistic programme had 
been finely carried out, Major-General Oliver 0. Howard, U. S. 

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Army, wearing his military uniform, delivered a comprehensive 
and exceedingly interesting review of the historic battle of 
Gettysburg, in which he took so prominent a part. The de- 
livery of his address, which was curtailed for lack of time, occu- 
pied one hour and eighteen minutes. He was frequently in- 
terrupted by applause. 

So few of the prominent figures of the great War then survived 
that General Howard's presence was an inspiration, and brought 
back vividly the experiences of over thirty years before. 

A new feature of the day, which has since been continued, 
\vas the attendance of about five hundred pupils from the 
public, grammar and high schools. This object lesson of pa- 
triotism could not well fail of its intended purpose. Mrs. 
Harriet R. P. Stafford, Governor Greenhalge and other prom- 
inent persons were seated on the platform. 

The music, under the direction of Comrades Whitney and 
Fessenden, was of a high order. Mrs. Jennie Patrick Walker 
and other noted talent took part in the programme. The ex- 
ercises were closed by the singing of Hellwig's "Requiam Eter- 
nam" by the sixteen male voices, and "taps" sounded by three 
trumpeters. 

THE DINNER 

The reception and dinner at Young's in the afternoon was 
attended by one hundred twenty-five persons ; among the 
prominent guests were Governor Greenhalge ; General Howard ; 
Lieutenant Treat, Aide de Camp ; General Joseph C. Smith of 
Bangor, Maine, who served on General Howard's staff ; Rev. 
G. W. Collier, late Chaplain, U. S. Army, and who served on 
General Logan's staff ; Comrades D. Comyn Moran and Bias- 
clock of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York ; Colonel Joseph 
B. Parsons, Cyrus A. Page and Colonel Albert Clarke, nearly 
all of whom spoke at the postprandial exercises. 

The following members of the Post also spoke very effectively : 
Past Commanders Blackmar, Eugene H. Richards, Sampson 
and Hollis, Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton and Comrade 
Benton. Commander Harrington presided gracefully, and 
Past Commanders Blackmar and Richards divided the honors 
of toast-mastership. 

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ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 157 

and few, if any, more typical of what Post No. 113 aspires to 
have its memorials were ever hold. 

FIELD DAY 

The annual Fall Field Day was observed at Walnut Hill 
and at the headquarters in the evening, October 3. The target 
scores were exceptionally high. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The twenty-fifth Anniversary was celebrated with more than 
ordinary fervor at Young's, November 22, with unbroken 
ranks, making two successive years. Commander Harrington 
presided and called to order. In a felicitous speech he welcomed 
all to the twenty-fifth birthday celebration of the Post; re- 
calling some of the principal events of the past twenty-five 
years, he closed by introducing Past Commander J. Edward 
Hollis as Toast-master. 

The first speaker was Past Commander Blackmar, who gave 
a general sketch of the Post history, bringing many forgotten 
incidents, both gay and grave, to mind. He was followed by 
Rear Admiral Belknap, U. S. Navy; Mr. Otis E. Weld; 
"Captain Jack" Adams, who made one of his most enliven- 
ing speeches, which is saying a good deal, since he was always 
near " Concert Pitch " ; Chaplain Horton ; Past Commanders 
Mathews, Sampson and Eugene H. Richards ; Department 
Commander Wetherbee ; Assistant Adjutant-General Moore 
and Comrade L. E. Evans of Lafayette Post No. 140, New 
York. All spoke with unwonted enthusiasm, and to the evi- 
dent delight of the large number of guests and members 
present. 

A pleasant incident was the presentation of a gold Post Com- 
mander's badge to Past Commander Augustine Sanderson. 
Music was furnished by the Corinthian Quartette and Henry's 
Orchestra. 

The banquet lasted over three hours without a dull minute 
in it. 

The few social meetings of the year were confined to a talk 
by General Augustus P. Martin on his personal reminiscences 
of the War, and one or two unambitious musicales. 

The year closed with the inspection, December 11. 



158 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

SAMUEL HARRINGTON 

Service, Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; 
Lieutenant-Colonel ; Aide de Camp. 

Commander Harrington was a cultivated scholarly gentle- 
man, quiet and rather reserved in manner. His term was 
unusually devoid of excitement, and little but the Memorial 
and Anniversary occurrences lifted the Post from its peaceful 
routine. These two celebrations, however, were of more than 
ordinary interest. 

As a presiding officer Commander Harrington lent a quiet 
dignity to the position ; upon the few public occasions he was 
called on to represent the Post it was well done. The prestige 
of the Post was maintained, and the Commander had the respect 
and support of the members. He died October 5 of the fol- 
lowing year. 




WILLIAM CABLBTON IBBLAND 
Post Commander, 1895 



CHAPTER XX^ 
Eighteen Hundred Ninety-five 

Memorial Ceremonies. General Nelson A. Miles, Orator. 
The Third Commander dies in Office. Fall Field Day. 
Ex-Confederate General John B. Gordon. Death of Past 
Commander Harrington. The Twenty-sixth Anniversary. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander William Carleton 
Ireland. 

officers installed by past commander EUGENE H. 
RICHARDS 

Commander William Carleton Ireland. 

Senior Vice-Commander .... James G. Harris. 

Junior Vice-Commander .... Charles C. Adams. 

Adjutant William Garrison Reed. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Ira B. Goodrich. 

Officer of the Guard .... Arthur Hooper. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . . Augustine Sanderson. 

MEMORIAL CEREMONIES 

SUNDAY evening, May 26, the Post attended the very in- 
teresting services at the Young Men's Christian Union, 
at which Rev. Minot G. Savage, ex-Governor John Q. A. Brack- 
ett and Chaplain Horton made regular addresses. 

GENERAL MILES 

The ceremonies of Memorial Day, May 30, will long be 
remembered as among the most brilliant in point of public 
attendance and interest ever held by the Post. 

The principal exercises were held in the Boston Theatre, 
with Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. Army, as Orator. 
The vast auditorium was packed from pit to dome, with a most 

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appreciative audience, which included over three hundred of 
the teachers and pupils of the graduating classes of the Normal, 
High and Latin schools. Rarely, indeed, were the object les- 
sons woven from the memories of the War so vividly and elo- 
quently depicted as there presented. 

Boston being the pla(^ from which General Miles started for 
the War, there was a lively feeling that the great honors and 
fame he had so nobly and bravely won were shared in a measure 
by his fellow-citizens, and a general desire to accord him a 
warm and hearty greeting imbued the public mind. 

The procession marched to the Washington Street entrance 
of the theatre, and the escort of troops went directly on the 
stage, which was handsomely set with a woodland scene. The 
Post filed into seats in the orchestra to appropriate music. 

The theatre throughout was finely decorated. Upon the 
stage was the famous arm-chair, the property of Past Comman- 
der Blackmar, used by General Grant at the surrender of Gen- 
eral Lee at Appomattox. 

Commander Ireland in opening the exercises delivered a well- 
prepared address, closing with a beautiful tribute to the North- 
ern women during the War and quoting the lines of our war 
poet, Thomas Buchanan Read : — 

"The maid who binds her warrior's sash, with smile that well her pain 

dissembles, 
The while, beneath her drooping lash, one starry tear-drop hangs and 

trembles, 
Though Heaven alone records the tear, and Fame shall never know her 

story, 
Her heart has shed a drop as dear as e'er bedewed the field of glory. 

"The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'mid little ones who weep or 

wonder, 
And bravely speaks the cheering word, what though her heart be rent 

asunder. 
Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear the bolts of death around him 

rattle. 
Has shed as sacred blood as e'er was poured upon the field of battle. 

"The mother who conceals her grief, while to her heart her son she 

presses, 
Then breathes a few brave words and brief, kissing the patriot brow 

she blesses, 
With no one but her secret God to know the pain that weighs upon her, 
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod received on Freedom's field of honor." 



MEMORIAL CEREMONIES 161 

Then Comrade "Joe" White came forward with the old 
Camp Fire song, "We are the Boys, the Gay Old Boys, who 
fought in '61," written by Lieutenant John L. Parker of Post 
No. 5, Lynn, and a former member of the 22d Massachu- 
setts Volunteers, in which regiment General Miles made his 
start as an humble lieutenant. The chorus was sung by the 
Comrades of Post No. 113, standing. 

General Miles was introduced by his near friend. Comrade 
Albert A. Pope, in a flattering and appreciative manner, and 
was received with a heartiness and cordiality unmistakable. 
General Miles' address was published by the leading daily 
newspapers, with full reports of the occasion. 

Perhaps no better idea of the event can be given than by 
quoting two extracts. 

FROM THE BOSTON " GLOBE " 

"Following out the time-honored custom, Edward W. Kinsley 
Post No. 113 appropriately commemorated Memorial Day in Boston. 

"This duty for many years has been left for this Post to perform. 
The services at the Common, and especially at Boston Theatre, were 
very elaborate. 

" General Nelson A. Miles, in his address at the theatre, said the liv- 
ing monument to the heroes of the War is free Republican government. 
He reviewed the causes of the great conflict, spoke of Lincoln, one of 
the few preeminent men that have ever walked the earth ; the great 
debt of the nation to the patriotism and abilitj^ of Lieutenant-General 
Winfield Scott, as well as to General Thomas, Farragut and other 
Southern-born men. He said the armies that volunteered in 1861 
were the flower of the country. He pictured how near the nation came 
in various crises of the War to dissolution and ruin. 

"The audience was most enthusiastic and patriotic and cheered to 
the echo the forcible remarks of the orator, and even the prayer offered 
by Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

"The exercises were beautiful and elaborate, especially the musical 
portions which had been arranged under the direction of Comrade 
Joseph L. White. After a march by the band, the anthem 'Sing 
Alleluia Forth' was rendered by a mixed double quartette. Rev. 
Edward A. Horton made a very impressive prayer. This was followed 
by a selection by the Mendelssohn Quartette, and Commander William 
Carleton Ireland arose and made the opening address, which was 
heartily received. 

"Following came the decoration of the floral cenotaph, according to 
the G. A. R. ritual. 'Fraternity' was presented bj^ Comrade Bowdoin 
S. Parker ; soprano solo, 'I know that my Redeemer,' by Miss Caroline 
G. Clark; 'Charity,' by Comrade Ira B. Goodrich; patriotic selection, 



162 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

' The Deathless Army,' by the double quartette ; ' Loyalty,' by Comrade 
Augustus N. Sampson. This part of the exercises was very interest- 
ing and beautifully performed. 

"After 'The Old Bugle' had been sung by Dr. George R. Clarke, 
Colonel Albert A. Pope introduced the orator of the day, paying a glow- 
ing tribute to Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. Army." 

FROM THE " BOSTON JOURNAL " 

"That beautiful and impressive picture of yesterday in the great 
auditorium of the Boston Theatre was one to indelibly fix itself upon 
the memory of every person privileged to be present. Truly did the 
Governor characterize it as no ordinary gathering ; a most memorable 
meeting. 

"No citizen that came away from that ceremony of Edward W. 
Kinsley Post No. 113 of the Grand Army of the Republic but felt the 
better for having witnessed it, and the more secure in the preservation 
of his liberties, in the strong underlying sentiment of love of country 
before everything that furnished the keynote of inspiration for the 
occasion. It was an event in the history of Boston to rouse the highest 
ideals in the minds of her children who waved their tiny flags from 
every balcony, from pit well-nigh to dome. The Comrades were 
especially favored in their orator, himself the finest type of the citizen 
Volunteer Soldier still in the service to-day — Major-General Nelson 
A. Miles, Senior Major-General of the Army, who by virtue of his rank 
will succeed Lieutenant-General Schofield next September. 

"General Miles' address, which was characterized by simplicity of 
rhetoric and directness of appeal, charmed his hearers by the graceful 
beauty of its diction. 

"The Comrades of Kinsley Post are distinguished for their powers 
of oratory, and Commander Ireland and Comrades Parker, Goodrich, 
Sampson, Pope and Hortpn, chosen to participate in the exercises, 
fuUy sustained the prestige of the Post. 

"The programme was admirably arranged and was carried through 
with great smoothness from beginning to end." 

If this was the impression given to citizens, how strongly 
must it have been felt by the Veterans who took part with 
General Miles in the War itself, touching the heart with 
tenderest pathos, thrilling the pulse with the grandeur and 
nobility of its patriotism ! 

Governor Greenhalge, Chief Justice Walbridge, A. Field 
and other prominent gentlemen were present. 

THE DINNER 

In the afternoon the reception and dinner at Young's Hotel 
was characterized by a lofty tone and inspiring speeches. 



CONFEDERATE GENERAL GORDON 163 

Commander Ireland presided, and Past Commander Blackmar 
was Toast-master. The speeches of General Miles, Governor 
Greenhalge, Chief Justice Field, Alderman Alpheus Sanford, 
Mayor Bancroft of Cambridge, Rev. A. A. Berle, Comrade Ed- 
ward P. White of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York, and 
Major Woolmer Williams of the Honourable Artillery Company 
of England were all of unusual excellence. 

THE THIRD COMMANDER DIES IN OFFICE 

For the third time the office of Commander was vacated by 
death. William Carleton Ireland, who had presided so credi- 
tably at the Memorial exercises, passed to the other shore, June 
26. 

The suddenness and circumstances of his departure produced 
a great shock to the Post, and sincere regret was expressed on 
every hand. 

October 5, the Post was called to part with Past Commander 
Harrington, who had so lately retired from office apparently 
rugged and in the prime of life. 

The annual Fall Field Day was enjoyed October 15 at Walnut 
Hill and the evening at No. 43 India Street, where Comrade 
Dolliver provided a collation. 

The 16th of the same month, the Post was inspected by 
Comrade William Badger of Post No. 26, Assistant Inspector, 
and the 24th a reception Avas given Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner, 
National President of the Woman's Relief Corps, at Faneuil 
Hall, Comrade "Jack" Adams being in general charge of the 
arrangements. 

CONFEDERATE GENERAL GORDON 

An occurrence of more than passing note was the attendance 
of the Post as a body, upon invitation of Comrade Foxcroft, at 
a lecture delivered in Music Hall, November 4, by Major-Gen- 
eral John B. Gordon, one of the leading officers of the Confed- 
erate Army. His subject was "The Last Days of the Confed- 
eracy." The Post members were all seated on the platform. 
Past Commander Blackmar presided and introduced the lec- 
turer in a pleasant manner. The lecture itself was of great 
interest and was delivered with grace and ease only possible to 
a cultured orator. At its conclusion all were personally in- 



164 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

troduced to General Gordon, whose genial, hearty, unaffected 
and soldier-like manner attracted all, and at once opened every 
heart. It was an event long to be remembered. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The twenty-sixth Anniversary, November 22, at Young's 
was a jolly, gala night. It was noted for its short, witty speeches 
and appropriate music that under "John" Henry's skilful di- 
rection always had the happy faculty of "coming in" just the 
right time. 

Senior Vice-Commander Harris presided, and Past Com- 
mander Eugene H. Richards was Toast-master. Up-to-date 
speeches were made by Colonel Henry A. Thomas, representing 
the Governor ; Alderman Charles T. Witt ; Colonel Carl A. 
Woodruff, Commandant at Fort Warren ; Commander Henry 
H. Adams of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York; Colonel 
Hubert O. Moore; Captain "Jack" Adams, Past Commander- 
in-Chief G. A. R. ; Past Commander Blackmar ; and Rev. A. 
A. Berle, who made the most noted speech of the evening. 

The number present was one hundred and sixteen, of which 
seventy-four were members of the Post. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Two Camp Fires were lighted to open the season, with music, 
story and games. 

Past Commander Hall was the object of many congratu- 
lations, occasioned by the following order : — 

"General Orders, No. I. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

Executive Department. 

Boston, January 6, 1897. 
"In view of the efficient and valuable service rendered by Col. 
George F. Hall, as Inspector-General of Rifle Practice, M. V. M., it 
is ordered that he take rank as Brigadier-General from January 1, 
1897. The Adjutant-General will issue to him a commission accord- 
ingly. 

"Roger Wolcott, 

Commander-in-Chief.^' 

In February, Comrade William G. Reed exhibited pictures 
taken in 1884 of the battle-field of Antietam, Gettysburg and the 
Shenandoah Valley, and upon the invitation of Comrade George 



MEMORIAL CEREMONIES 165 

A. Foxeroft the Post attended a lecture by Rev. Abram J. 
Palmer, D.D., at the People's Temple, on a lesson in patriotism 
entitled "Company D, the Die-No-Mores." 

March 12, Dr. Charles S. Russell, formerly of the 7th Confed- 
erate Cavalry, presented the Post with a gavel made from wood 
cut on the Antietam battle-field. 

At the meeting held the 26th, Comrade Benson related some 
of his thrilling war experiences. On April 3 a delegation at- 
tended the "America" testimonial given to its author, Rev. 
Samuel F. Smith, D.D., at Music Hall. Governor Greenhalge 
presided, and many prominent men and women were present. 
The principal addresses were by ex-Governor Long, Governor 
Greenhalge, Comrade Albert A. Pope, Department Commander 
Joseph W. Thayer and Rev. Dr. Alvah T. Hovey. 

Two socials were held in April. The first consisted of appro- 
priate services to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the 
surrender of Lee at Appomattox, at which Past Commander 
Nathan Appleton read a paper giving his experiences in con- 
nection with Appomattox. 

The second was an evening with Professor Keyes in legerde- 
main, etc. 

At the June meeting Past Commanders Sanderson and 
Sampson and Comrade Parker were appointed a committee to 
confer with other Boston Posts, relative to the decoration of 
graves and to arrange for an equitable division of the money 
donated by the city. 

The annual inspection was held November 12 by Comrade 
William Badger of Post No. 26. 

The year's events concluded with a familiar talk by Comrade 
Benson, November 26, in which he related some of his excep- 
tional war experiences, always interesting and thrilling even to 
Veterans. 

The loss by death, aside from Commander Ireland and Past 
Commander Harrington, was Comrade Charles R. Todd, who 
passed away on June 2. 

WILLIAM CARLETON IRELAND 
Service, Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 

As may be inferred from the foregoing, Commander Ireland's 
administration was successful. He acquitted himself always 



166 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

in a creditable manner. He was a graduate of Tufts College 
and enlisted while a student in that institution. His name is 
upon a tablet erected by Tufts in honor of its members who 
served in the Civil War. The last half of the year under 
Senior Vice-Commander Harris continued satisfactorily. 

The general reputation of the Post was considerably advanced 
in public estimation. 




JAMES G. HARRIS 
Post Commander, 1896 



CHAPTER XXXI 
Eighteen Hundred Ninety-six 

The Second Naval Commander. New Post Headquarters. 
Change in Mj;morials. Memorial Services. Judge Albion 
Weingard Tourgee. Field Day. Anniversary. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander James G. Harris. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY P.\ST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF JOHN G. B. 
ADAMS, OF POST NO. 5, LYNN 

Commander James G. Harris. 

Senior Vice-Commander Charles C. Adams. 

Junior Vice-Commander James N. North. 

Adjutant William H. Alline. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Ira B. Goodrich. 

Officer of the Guard Arthur Hooper. 

Sergeant Major James S. Barrows. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

SECOND NAVAL COMMANDER 

NOT since the second term of Commander Hollis in 1876 
had one who served in the Navy been chosen to lead the 
Post until the present year. 

NEW POST HEADQUARTERS 

The year opened auspiciously, with the removal of the Post 
headquarters from No. 694 Washington Street to the Odd Fel- 
lows Building on Tremont Street, which continued to be its 
abiding-place — not quite its home — for the succeeding ten 
years. 

At the January meeting Chaplain Horton was informed that 
the ecclesiastical department of the Post was getting left by 
the procession and, in order to enable him to keep up, was pre- 

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sented with a fine bicycle, and, that he might be encouraged to 
use it, another was procured for the use of Miss Horton, his 
only daughter. 

CHANGE IN MEMORIALS 

As a substitute for the floral decorations heretofore used for 
funeral services of Comrades, the Post adopted a silk United 
States Flag, having the name and number of the Post in gilt 
letters thereon, and a bronze "Marker" bearing a representa- 
tion of the G. A. R. badge, with the Post name and number, 
for each grave ; a United States Flag to be inserted in the 
"Marker" each Memorial Day. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

The Sunday service was attended at Brighton Congrega- 
tional Church with a full attendance of the Post. Rev. A. A. 
Berle delivered a thoughtful address on the subject "War and 
Peace." His views on the danger of the Soldier Pension System 
were not shared by most of the Veterans present. 

JUDGE ALBION WEINGARD TOURGEE 

Among the many bright memories of Memorial Days, none 
shine brighter in the hearts of the Comrades of Post No. 113 
than the remembrance of the magnificent and scholarly address 
delivered by Judge Tourgee, of New York, author of "The 
Fool's Errand," in defence of the Veterans of the Civil War, 
at the Memorial exercises in Boston Theatre, May 30. 

The theatre was handsomely decorated and the general ar- 
rangements similar to those of the two years previous. There 
was a large audience, which included four hundred students 
and pupils of the Normal and High schools. The music was 
rendered by a full chorus choir, led by Mrs. Jennie Patrick 
Walker, with Mr. Clarence E. Hay, director, and Mr. Almon 
Fairbanks, organist. The orator of the day was introduced by 
Past Commander Blackmar. 

Judge Tourgee's subject was "Yesterday's Duty and How 
it was Done." He spoke in part as follows : — 

"Every age is the servant of its past and the trustee of its future. 
Every generation is charged with duties and responsibilities arising 
out of past conditions, and inseparably connected with the character 
and environment of succeeding ones. 



JUDGE ALBION WEINGARD TOURGEE 1(39 

"Generations may pass with little change in human relations or 
conditions. Then there comes an eruption, and when the smoke of 
conflict clears away we see that the pent-up forces of ages have burst 
their bounds and in an hour have wrought the work of centuries. 

"Such an epoch was our To-day. Peaceful in its dawn ; tumultuous 
in its noontide ; glorious in its decline. What is its message to that 
To-day which is our To-morrow? 

"It is one of the strangest things in history that the North should 
have refused to accede to the demand of slavery. So far as the per- 
sonal rights or interests of the people of the North were concerned, 
they were not in the least degree affected by the continuance of slavery, 
except by the fact that slavery added somewhat to the power of the 
Southern man as a voter in any national election. 

"There is no way to explain it except to say that God, acting tlirough 
our past, had prepared us to do the work our fathers had left undone. 
So we offered our lives — shed our blood — suffered all hardships — 
that a despised and alien race might not be forever held in bondage. 

"No man has any right to taunt or depreciate him who cannot show 
a like self-sacrifice for the good of others, even though he be the 
president of Harvard University. 

"Self-sacrifice for the good of others is the highest test of manhood. 

"We did our duty simply and truly. That duty was twofold: 
the liberation of the slave and the preservation of the Union. To-day 
is what it is because our yesterday was what it was. 

"There is a curious inclination on the part of the rising generation 
to deprecate the 'Old Soldier.' It is not strange. Belisarius is a 
universal type. Nations, like men, grow restive of obligation." 

Comrade Tourgee reviewed the achievements of the Army 
of the Republic that saved not only the Union, but gave the 
United States a foremost place among the nations of the world. 

In conclusion he said : — 

"So through the length and lireadth of the land on this glorious 
Anniversary, a glad To-day shall long commensurate a faithful Yes- 
terday. 

"'Bring flowers, spring flowers, all fragrant to wave 
O'er the dew-spangled couch of the undying brave. 
Unloose the shoe-latchet — the blood-sprinkled sod 
Is holy as that by Holiest trod.' " 

Judge Tourgee was listened to with closest attention and 
frequently applauded. It is a rare occurrence that any audi- 
ence has the privilege of hearing so finished, thoughtful and in- 
structive an oration. 

DINNER 

The afternoon was pleasantly spent at Young's. Com- 
mander Harris presided, and Comrade Adams was Toast- 



170 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

master. Tom Henry's cornet and other musical attractions 
were on hand. 

Judge Tourgee was as entertaining in his humorously re- 
lated experiences in the War and prison life, as he had been cap- 
tivating in his admirable Oration in the morning. Mayor 
Quincy followed with a good speech. Then Post Chaplain 
Rev. Edward A. Horton introduced some of his witty sayings, 
and Rev. A. A. Berle presented solid food. General A. P. 
Martin and Adjutant James A. Frye were the concluding speak- 
ers. From a Veteran's standpoint the day was one of unadul- 
terated satisfaction, 

FIELD DAY 

The Fall Field Day and target shoot came off at Walnut Hill 
in October and was fully attended. In the evening all assem- 
bled at the American House, where dinner was served ; then 
followed the distribution of prizes, each being remembered, 
whatever his score. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

Saturday evening, November 22, brought the twenty-seventh 
Anniversary, with over two hundred Comrades and guests at 
Young's Hotel. There was a general uncorking of patriotism 
of the vintage of '61, and the rafters shook with cheers caused 
by the eloquent periods of the speakers. 

Like most of its predecessors, this Anniversary was a jubilee, 
love feast and camp fire rolled into one. 

Even before the menu had been half gone through, the en- 
thusiasm of the Comrades broke all bounds. The entrees were 
served to the music of "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," in which all 
joined, and game was dished out to the chorus of "The Old 
Oaken Bucket." Ice cream came at the words of "Aunt 
Dinah's Quilting Party," and they "Climbed up the Golden 
Stairs" to reach dessert. It was discovered that "There is a 
Tavern in our Town" just as order was rapped for the closing 
by uniting in "Auld Lang Syne." 

Commander Harris presided, Past Commander Blackmar 
was Toast-master, and his introductions of the various speakers 
were among the enjoyable features of the evening. The 
speeches were all brief and good. Hon. Winslow Warren; 



COMMANDER HARRIS 171 

Mayor Quincy ; C. P. Clark, Commander of the Loyal Legion ; 
Department Junior Vice-Commander John E. Oilman ; Colonel 
William A. Bancroft and Colonel Carl A. Woodruff, Com- 
mander at Fort Warren ; Professor Wright of Oberlin College ; 
Rev. A. A. Berle ; and others spoke. 

MINOR EVENTS 

The Post petitioned the legislature for the erection of a statue 
to Major-General Hooker, also the Congress of the United 
States, favoring the conferring of the rank of Lieutenant-Gen- 
eral upon Major-General Miles. Both of these objects were 
subsequently obtained. A few socials and musicales were held 
during the year. 

Another donation of five hundred dollars was received from 
Comrade Otis E. Weld. A gavel, the head made from an oak 
tree on "Little Round Top" with a bullet embedded in it, and 
the handle made from a tree in the "Peach Orchard" at Get- 
tysburg, was presented the Post by Mr. William H. Sayward. 

The losses by death were as follows : Comrades Charles C. 
Rowland, February 24; Albert C. Pond, March 29; William 
S. Lovejoy, August 13, a member of the Hayes regiment, of 
which President McKinley was a member; William H. Fes- 
senden, August 18, the sweet singer, the tenor in the famous 
Temple Quartette and one of the original members. His 
funeral was attended at Tremont Temple, Rev. Dr. Lorimer 
officiating, who said in part : — 

"I have always cherished an admiration for the deceased, and 
I know you will not blame me for it. I have heard my friend sing 
in later years when there was a hush over three thousand souls. He 
poured out his soul in music. Music speaks to all, and we are brought 
to believe that we shall understand each other in heaven because on 
the threshold we shall drink in seraphic sounds. I have only to bear 
testimony as I stand here for all I thought was chivalrous, devoted 
and kindly in this man. His life was above reproach." 

JAMES G. HARRIS 

Service, Civil War. U. S. Navy. Yeoman ; Captain's Clerk. 

Commander James G. Harris' personality pervaded all 
he did. Nothing committed to his hand ever dragged or went 
by default. He was all energy and go. With a sunny, genial 



172 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

disposition, he had many friends and was deservedly popular. 
It was a cheerful and delightful year. He always retained 
his interest in the Post, but for the last two years of his life was 
unable to take any active part. He suffered long, yet his 
courage and fortitude never left him. His death occurred 
May 20, 1899. A large number of the Post attended his 
funeral. 

"His life was gentle, and the elements 
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up 
And say to all the world, ' This was a Man.'" 




CHARLES CLARK ADAMS 
Post Commander, 1897 



CHAPTER XXXII 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-seven 

Memorial Day. General Wager Swayne, Orator. Comrades 
Honored. Field Day. Anniversary at Young's. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander Charles Clark Adams. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY COMRADE WILLIAM M. OLIN OF POST 
NO. 26, ROXBURY 

Commander Charles Clark Adams. 

Senior Vice-Commander James N. North. 

Junior Vice-Commander Ira B. Goodrich. 

Adjutant James S. Barrows. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day Arthur Hooper. 

Officer of the Guard John W. Small. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

SUNDAY, May 30, the Post by invitation attended the Morn- 
ing Services at Tremont Temple. The Rev. Dr. Lorimer 
delivered a patriotic address on the subject, "Religion and 
War." 

GENERAL WAGER SW^AYNE 

May 31, the hallowed duties of Memorial Day were dis- 
charged with fidelity. The morning opened cloudy and threat- 
ening, with rain in the afternoon. The dedication of the Shaw 
Monument on the Common took away many who would other- 
wise have witnessed the ceremonies at the Soldiers' Monument 
and attended at Tremont Temple. 

At the opening exercises at the Temple the house was not 
filled, but later on the seats were mostly taken. The musical 
programme was exceptionally pleasing. Major-General Wager 

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174 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST XO. 113, G. A. R. 

Swayne was the Orator of the day and spoke at length on ''The 
Lessons of the War." 

THE DINNER 

In the afternoon the usual reception and dinner at Young's 
were held. Commander Adams presided, and Past Commander 
J. Edward Hollis performed the duties of Toast-master. 

The following were the speakers : General Swayne, Mayor 
Quincy, Colonel J. Payson Bradley, Comrade Peter D. Smith, 
Rev. A. A. Berle and Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 
All the speeches were of the quiet, solid kind, but well enjoyed 
and liberally applauded. 

COMRADES HONORED 

The first meeting after the summer vacation was given up 
to a reception and dinner in honor of Past Commander Thomas 
R. Mathews and Comrade James L. Carter, who had each 
been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in the State 
Volunteer Militia service. 

Congratulatory speeches and general expressions of regard 
were freely given by the Comrades. 

FALL FIELD DAY 

The annual field sports were held at Walnut Hill, September 
29, with the social dinner, good time and distribution of prizes 
at the American House. It terminated with the presentation 
to Commander Adams of a fine crayon picture of himself from 
the pencil of Comrade Charles W. Reed, which fittingly rounded 
out one of the most enjoyable fall outings held by the Post. 

November the 17th, the annual inspection was made by 
Comrade Charles A. Patch of Post No. 4, Assistant Inspector. 

THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY 

The annual Anniversary banquet was held at Young's, 
with a good attendance of the Comrades and a large number 
of guests. Commander Adams called to order and read letters 
from ex-Governor Long, Secretary of the Navy ; General Alger, 
Secretary of War; and Commander-in-Chief Gobin of the 
G. A. R. He then presented Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. 
Horton as Toast-master. Excellent speeches were made, and 



COMMANDER ADAMS 175 

the music camo in exactly as it should. Brigadier-General 
Curtis Guild, Jr., and Judge Henry W. Sheldon were notably 
fine. The other speakers were Colonel William M. Olin, Secre- 
tary of the Commonwealth ; Colonel Henry A. Thomas, Post- 
master; Rev. A. A. Berle; Dei)artment Commander Dean; 
Past Commander Blackmar; and Joseph Blasclock, Sergeant 
Major of Lafayette Post No. UO, New York. 

Aside from the guests named above were Hon. John L. Bates, 
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; 
Colonel Charles Pfaff ; Mr. F. E. Whiting ; Major Sortwell of 
Cambridge ; Mr. B. F. Keith ; Mr. E. G. Allen ; Captain Joseph 
R. Kendall ; Colonel James A. Frye ; Mr. Charles F. Choate, 
Jr. ; Colonel Shepard of Lafayette Post, New York ; Depart- 
ment Junior Vice-Commander John E. Gilman; Hubert O. 
Moore, Assistant Adjutant-General G. A. R., and many others. 

It was an occasion that makes life seem worth living. 

MINOR EVENTS 

The special donations for the year were a valuable picture 
of General Grant and Staff by Colonel Amos Webster of Wash- 
ington, D.C., and a neat case for the Adjutant's department by 
Comrade Brooks. A very pleasing concert was given in 
Berkeley Hall by the City Band. 

Department Commander William P. Derby honored the Post 
by a visit early in the year, and Past Commander Blackmar was 
congratulated upon his receiving a Congressional Medal of 
Honor for gallantry in action at the battle of Five Forks. The 
Post lost a generous friend and Comrade in Otis E. Weld, who 
was called home March 17. 

CHARLES CLARK ADAMS 

Service, Civil War. 11th U. S. Infantry. 

1st Battalion. Bugler. 

Commander Adams became a member of Post No. 113, No- 
vember 9, 1887, and after several years' service in minor posi- 
tions was chosen, in 1894, Officer of the Day ; then followed, in 
successive years, his election as Junior Vice, Senior Vice and 
Commander; he was appointed Chairman of the Memorial 
Day Finance Committee in 1898 and chosen Chairman of the 



176 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Board of Trustees of the Post in 1899. In all of these positions 
he did faithful work, which was continued to the close of his 
life. He represented the Post as delegate to the Department 
Convention many times and held several positions connected 
both with the National and Department organizations, and was 
able to accomplish much effective labor for the Grand Army. 

His administration as Commander was efficient, and all its 
affairs were well handled. No event of importance took place 
during his term ; it was a quiet year. Comrade Adams 
possessed a strong personality with a genial, large-hearted, 
generous nature. He easily won and retained the friendship 
of both old and young alike, and enjoyed the full confidence 
of all his Comrades and business associates. He passed away 
October 20, 1905. His funeral was largely attended by mem- 
bers of the Post and other organizations with which he was 
connected. 




IRA B. GOODRICH 
Post Commander, 1898 and 1899 



CHAPTER XXXIII 

Eighteen Hundred Ninety-eight 

A Quiet Year. May 30. Past Commander Wilmon W. Black- 
mar, Orator. Fall Field Day. Twenty-ninth Anniversary. 
Inspection. Badge Presentation. 

OFFICERS installed BY PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOHN 
W. KIMBALL OF EDWIN V. SUMNER POST NO. 19, FITCHBURG 

Commander Ira B. Goodrich. 

Senior Vice-Commander James N. North. 

Junior Vice-Commander Arthur Hooper. 

Adjutant James S. Barrows. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Charles B. Tower. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day John W. Small. 

Officer of the Guard Frank P. Moss. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant .... Augustine Sanderson. 

A QUIET YEAR 

THIS was a quiet and uneventful year. The meetings 
were generally small, and even the Spanish War flurry did 
not produce any special interest ; though the subject of rais- 
ing a company for what was to be known as the "Hooker 
Brigade" was considered. Nothing was done, however, as 
the regular Militia Volunteers filled the number of the State's 
quota, and there was no prospect of additional troops being 
subsequently accepted. 

MEMORIAL D.\Y 

The usual custom of previous years was closely followed. 
The Memorial address was delivered in Tremont Temple by 
Past Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar, and consisted of a re- 
cital of his personal reminiscences, especially in connection 
with the final surrender of Lee at Appomattox. His experiences 

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178 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

were simply told, in a modest and pleasing manner, and to the 
entire acceptance of all. 

Chaplain Horton, on duty as chaplain of the 1st Regiment, 
stationed at Fort Warren, came up and took his part in the 
Temple exercises. The general war feeling somewhat height- 
ened the public interest in all Memorial Day services. 

DINNER 

At the afternoon dinner at Young's, Commander Goodrich, 
presiding, opened the postprandial exercises with well-chosen 
remarks and introduced Comrade Josiah H. Benton, Jr., as 
Toast-master. 

The speeches of the day all had a Spanish war fringe. Rear 
Admiral Belknap, U. S. Navy (retired) ; Brigadier-General 
Dudley, U. S. Army (retired) ; Mayor Quincy ; General A. P. 
Martin ; President George E. Smith of the State Senate ; 
Comrade White of Lafayette Post No. 140; and other guests 
were present. 

FIELD DAY 

The Fall Field Day at Walnut Hill was not as fully attended 
as in previous years, but a pleasant time was enjoyed by the 
boys and several good scores rolled up. The refreshments 
and delivery of prizes occupied the evening, and all went home 
feeling well repaid for the time spent. 

TWENTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY 

The annual Anniversary banquet at Young's was held on 
November 22, with the usual good time and hearty fellow- 
ship, though the number of Comrades that sat down was not 
as large as in some years. It passed off very pleasantly. 

Comrade Goodrich presided, and Professor Alonzo Williams of 
Brown University delivered the principal speech of the evening. 
It was an eloquent and ornate effort, one of the very best ever 
delivered at a Post Anniversary. The other speakers were 
General John W. Kimball, State Auditor; Department Com- 
mander Bartlett; Colonel Pfaff of the "First Heavies"; Cap- 
tain "Jack" Adams; and J. Payson Bradley. 

The annual official Post inspection was made by Comrade W. 
H. Bartlett of Ward Post No. 10, Worcester. 



TWENTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY 179 

A pleasant incident was the presentation by the Post of a 
gold Post Commander's badge to Past Commander Wilmon W. 
Blackmar, in recognition of his services as Memorial Day 
Orator. 

Comrade Otis S. Neale was called home December 13. A 
delegation attended his funeral. 



CHAPTER XXXIV 
Eighteen Hundred Ninety-nine 

Burial of ex-Confederate John Buck. New Post Uniform. 
General Joseph Wheeler, Memorial Day Orator. Reception 
AT THE Algonquin. Presentation from the Blue to the Oray. 
A New Era for Post No. 113. 

Kinsley Associates. National Encampment at Philadelphia. 
Kinsley, Lafayette and Meade hold a Joint Banquet. Presi- 
dent McKiNLEY and Men of National Fame Present. 
Thirty-five Thousand on Grand Parade. 

Kinsley presents Loving Cup to Lafayette. Welcome to 
Admiral Dewey in Boston. The Thirtieth Anniversary 
Banquet. Minor Events. Sketch op Commander Ira B. 
Goodrich. 

officers installed by department senior vice-commander 
john e. gilman 

Commander Ira B. Goodrich. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . Arthur Hooper. 

Junior Vice-Commander . . John W. Small. 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster Elmar A. Messinger. 

Surgeon Dr. Frank W. Graves. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day . . . John C. Cook. 

Officer of the Guard . . Frank P. Moss. 

Sergeant Major .... George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . Augustine Sanderson. 

^ X, T-i 1^ Comrades Blackmar, Chairman, 

Trustees of Relief J^ und . ■^ tt r^ 

[ Hersey and Goodrich. 

EX-CONFEDERATE JOHN BUCK 

THE year opened with a tribute of soldierly regard for the 
memory of a former foeman, ex-Confederate John Buck, a 
member of General Robert E. Lee's body-guard, who died in 
Boston, having no relatives here able to provide for his burial. 
Post No. 113 was in charge of the funeral, which was held in 
Bulfinch Place Chapel, January 29. 

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EX-CONFEDERATE JOHN BUCK 181 

The Governor was represented by a member of his staff, the 
Grand Army of the RepubUc by Department Commander Bart- 
lett, Junior Vice-Department Commander Fiske and several 
of the Staff, together with representatives of twenty-three 
Posts. The Loyal Legion was represented by ten of its 
members. The "Red, White and Blue" Club and other pa- 
triotic societies, with many Sunday school children, and two 
ex-Confederates, John D. Huhn, Adjutant of the 7th Tennessee 
Cavalry, and Carl G. Monroe of the 1st Virginia (Black Horse) 
Cavalry, were also present. 

It was so remarkable an occasion that the press gave extended 
reports of the occurrence, including the addresses in full with 
attendant circumstances. Department Commander Bartlett, 
Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton and Colonel J. Payson 
Bradley, each made appropriate and feeling addresses. Com- 
rade White of Post No. 113 sang Gowdy's "Faithful Friends," 
and taps were sounded by the bugler. It was a unique and im- 
pressive service. 

The burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery, where Chaplain Horton 
held a short religious exercise. The pall-bearers were all mem- 
bers of Post No. 113. Dr. Dixwell, Mr. Justice Ohver Wendell 
Holmes and Comrade Bryan R. Houghton were untiring in 
rendering assistance. The United States Flag was provided 
by a business firm, and flowers were the gift of a well-known 
florist of the city. 

Subsequently, the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York 
sent appropriate resolutions to Governor Wolcott for the "Con- 
sideration, respect and honor sho^\^l a brave soldier," and 
specially thanking Post No. 113, Chaplain Horton and others 
who had taken a prominent part in this tribute to American 
valor, to manhood and brotherhood. 

NEW POST UNIFORM 

The question of Post uniform had troubled some of the mem- 
bers ever since Colonel Farrel built a sort of semi-band and civic 
suit in 1890 and, in truth, the nondescript apparel was never 
particularly imposing or ornamental to certain forms ; so, after 
much and varied consideration, the follo\ving bill of dress was 
adopted with general unanimity: black Prince Albert coat, 
trousers, shoes and G. A. R. hat, with gold cord, wreath and nu- 



182 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

merals 113, white standing collar, tie and gloves. This dress 
has since been worn upon all public or ceremonial occasions and 
has become distinctive of Post No. 113. 

GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER IN BOSTON 

Few, if any, events of the Post have been the occasion of such 
widespread notoriety and interest throughout the country as 
the reception and entertainment of General Joseph Wheeler 
and his daughters, culminating with his admirable Oration at 
Boston Theatre on Memorial Day, May 30, 1899. 

Twenty-four years earlier, Post No. 113 had invited and re- 
ceived ex-Confederate Veterans to parade in its ranks upon the 
observance of "Decoration Day," but neither it nor any other 
Post, as far as known, had welcomed a prominent ex-Confed- 
erate officer to be their speaker in the patriotic ceremonies sacred 
to the "Soldier's Sabbath." The day that General Horace 
Binney Sargent had prophesied in his Memorial address in 1869 
had indeed come. General Wheeler, once a Confederate Major- 
General, and one of the most active and dangerous Cavalry 
leaders of the South, and now a Brigadier-General of the United 
States Regular Army, of New England stock, born in Georgia, 
reared a typical Southerner, was selected by the Post as the 
most representative man of the few remaining prominent 
Southern leaders in the great War to emphasize the reunited 
sentiment of the North and South in one Country and one 
Flag, upon the Memorial Day of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public. 

General Wheeler had never visited Boston, and when the in- 
vitation was first suggested, felt quite embarrassed in accept- 
ing so unusual an engagement, and especially from Boston. He 
was, however, reassured by the Committee of the Post, as well 
as by prominent persons in Washington, and finally promised 
to come. Department Commander Gilman issued a patriotic 
address of welcome in sympathy with the action of the members 
of Post No. 113 in initiating this unusual event, in which he 
said : — 

"The observance of the coming Memorial Day by the Grand Army 
of the Republic of the Department of Massachusetts takes on added 
significance by reason of the action of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113 
of Boston, in iuAdtiug to deliver its Memorial Day oration Major- 



RECEPTION AT THE ALGONQUIN CLUB 183 

General Joseph Wheeler, late of the Southern Confederacy, but now, 
happily, of the United States Army. 

"The significance lies in the fact that the Eulogist and the Eulogized 
were pitted against each other in deadly conflict during the Civil War, 
and is, therefore, a long step toward the obliteration of the animosities 
engendered by that great struggle. 



"Let us make his visit to Boston so pleasant that it ^vill be a bliss- 
ful memory to him in after life, and excite in the breast of his people 
in the South the same emotion that prompted the Association of 
Confederate Veterans, at their late convention in South Carolina, to 
pass a vote of thanks to the 'chivalric and tender people of the North 
who had ministered with tender care to the last hours of the daughter 
of the Confederacy.' Let us have peace." 

ARRIVAL OF GUESTS 

General Wheeler and his daughters, Misses Annie and Carrie, 
arrived in Boston on the morning of May 29 ; they were met by 
a committee of the Post and a staff officer representing Governor 
Wolcott. 

Although flooded with invitations by prominent citizens and 
officials wishing to extend special courtesies to the noted guests, 
they preferred to husband their strength, and so after breakfast- 
ing at the Thorndike, were taken to the hospitable home of 
Comrade Ephraim B. Stillings, which continued their home 
during their stay in Boston. 

RECEPTION AT THE ALGONQUIN CLUB 

General Wheeler and daughters were received at the Algon- 
quin Club by the Post Reception Committee, Governor Wol- 
cott and Mayor Quincy, at 12.30, and after courtesies had been 
exchanged partook of a substantial lunch. At 2 o'clock the 
club tendered a reception to the members of the Post, and all 
were presented to the guests of the day. The meeting of 
General Wheeler with the "Ixjys" was unaffectedly simple and 
cordial ; without restraint or the slightest embarrassment on 
account of previous antagonistic army service. His daughters, 
one of whom, Miss Annie, had served as an Army nurse, during 
the recent Spanish War, were welcomed with all the chivalric 
enthusiasm of a soldier's heart. Later in the afternoon, upon 



184 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

invitation of the Mayor, they all enjoyed a drive through 
Boston's magnificent Park System. The many courtesies 
extended for the evening were declined. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

General Wheeler in Boston Theatre 

" The epoch in my life is this visit to this Grand Army Post in 
Boston." — General Wheeler. 

Few who witnessed the magnificent audience gathered in 
Boston Theatre in 1895 and felt the thrilling scenes of that day, 
when our General Miles was the star of the occasion, ever ex- 
pected to witness a repetition of that grand pageant ; it was 
reserved for this occasion to again bring out the same splendid 
audience in the same amphitheatre by the magical charm of 
General Joseph Wheeler's presence, enacting the culminating 
event of his romantic and remarkable career. 

The customary ceremonies at the Monument Memorial morn- 
ing were witnessed by the Misses Wheeler, after which they 
repaired to the theatre and were seated in the Mayor's box 
with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. General Wheeler entered the 
theatre, escorted by the Reception Committee, in advance of 
the Post, and was seated on the stage, amid great enthusiasm 
by the assembled thousands who rose to their feet and cheered. 
As seen, the General was short and slight, with a straggling full 
beard, well streaked with gray ; he wore an army Ijlouse with 
the straps of a Brigadier-General, and a black army slouch hat. 
The hearty reception given him evidently was unexpected, 
doubtless the reputed moderate warmth of expression in Boston 
audiences generally, and the very unexampled circumstances 
attending his presence, were more than enough to lead him to 
imagine most any sort of a reception, other than the generous 
one accorded. However, his surprise soon vanished in a smile of 
pleasure and, after modestly bowing several times, took his seat. 

The auditorium was handsomely decorated, and the view 
from the stage of the vast space with its tier upon tier of galleries 
alive with eager faces, was of itself most imposing and inspiring. 

Aside from the band, there were present the Apollo and 
Ruggles Street quartettes ; a male chorus from Harvard ; 
Mrs. Jennie Patrick Walker, soprano ; Herbert Johnson, tenor ; 



GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER 185 

Comrade Joseph L. White, baritone ; and Comrade Myron W. 
Whitney, basso, as the quartette choir, — Howard M. Dow, 
accompanist. 

It is needless to say that all the details for a ceremonial 
fitting the time and circumstances had been provided. 

The exercises were opened by an invocation by Rev. Dr. 
Withrow of Park Street Church, followed by the ritualistic 
service of the Grand Army, interspersed with music, all ren- 
dered in the impressive manner peculiar to Post No. 113. 
Comrade Joseph L. White's rendering of "The Knot of Blue and 
Gray " was cheered to the echo ; while the '' Battle Hymn of 
the Republic," sung by Comrade Myron W. Whitney, and the 
presentation of the author of the words, Mrs. JuUa Ward Howe, 
to the audience, invoked an intense enthusiasm never to be 
forgotten by any one present. As Commander Goodrich in- 
troduced General Wheeler, the band struck up "Dixie," and 
instantly a great volume of applause filled the house and the 
ovation was so long continued that it was some minutes before 
he could speak. 

In opening, he said : — 

"Words cannot express my gi-atitude for this kindly reception and 
greeting, and I would be overwhelmed with embarrassment did I not 
know that you appreciate that I realize that this comes from your 
desire to show your kindly feeling for the section from which I come. 
In their name I thank you. The people of that section know the State 
of Massachusetts." 

He recounted his connection with the 2d and 9th Massachu- 
setts Volunteers of 1898 in Cuba and gave a graceful tribute to 
the Commonwealth, saying, "Whenever there has been a call 
to your sons, Massachusetts has been foremost to obey that 
call." He next spoke of the inception of Memorial Day and its 
broad meaning as applied to the world's history. He said the 
only security for peace was to be always prepared to engage in 
war, and then illustrated the effect of successful wars in enhanc- 
ing the glory and prestige of nations. In referring to the benefits 
of expansion, he said: — 

"It seems to me that instead of ]>rooding over the possibilities of 
the evil wliich may arise from the extension of American influence 
and power it would be well to consider the possible benefits which may 
come to us. 



186 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, My 
Country." 

His Oration was listened to with the closest attention, and the 
applause was spontaneous and frequent. At no time was there 
the slightest discordant note ; he easily carried his hearers with 
him, and the closing words of his address brought his audience 
up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. The Oration was re- 
ported in full by the press, and expressions of admiration for the 
whole service were unstinted. 

The Herald said : — 

"Those who remembered what a formidable opponent General 
Wheeler had once been on the battle-field were the most fervent of all 
to welcome him in his later relation. He spoke nobly and fittingly 
and thoroughly patriotic words in his address to the Veterans who had 
invited him to come to Boston, and left the best possible impression 
as the effect of his appearance here." 

The Journal in a review of the day and address said : — 

"A New England sun has never shone upon a fairer Memorial Day. 
Never before were so many flags flying, never so many signs of earnest 
and solemn observance. . . . Here in Boston it was marked by an 
event most unique and significant. A Major-General, once of the 
Confederate Army, now of the United States Army, was the chief 
Memorial Day orator. 

"A once 'rebel' General stood on the platform of the Boston 
Theatre proclaiming a great and broad and fervent patriotism to an 
audience which thundered applause both to the orator himself and to 
his sentiments. . . . 

"General Wheeler spoke as a Southern man of Southern birth, 
training and lifelong residence. . . . 

" His eloquent appeals to the emotion of patriotism were such as 
the best of Massachusetts orators might have spoken if they had stood 
in his place — and not one of these could have aroused a response 
more immediate or heartfelt or enthusiastic. . . . The real sentiment 
of Massachusetts spoke in the emphatic approval with which these 
words were received by a great audience, representative of the soundest 
and strongest elements in our citizenship. 

"It was a genuine inspiration on the part of Kinsley Post No. 113 to 
invite General Wheeler to this city and to make him its Memorial 
Day orator. The result has been a quickening and broadening of our 
own patriotism and a closer drawing of the fraternal ties which bind 
North and South as members of a great Nation, now and forever 
indivisible." 



GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER 187 

The Globe, in its breezy way, said : — 

"The wildly enthusiastic greeting which a magnificent and repre- 
sentative audience extended to the gallant hero of our country reunited 
once for all, General Joseph Wheeler, will never be forgotten, it is per- 
fectly safe to say, by any one fortunate enough to have been privileged 
to participate in the great and memorable reception. Boston owes a 
debt of lasting gratitude to the Comrades of Kinsley Post No. 113, 
G. A. R., for making possible and practicable such a unique Memorial 
Day observance." 

Then followed an editorial resume of the points of the oration, 
which it most emphatically indorsed. 

RECEPTION AND BANQUET 

The inspiration and the thrill of the remarkable scene in 
the Boston Theatre followed the later festivities at Young's 
Hotel in the afternoon. The reception was held in the Presi- 
dent's room on the second floor. General Wheeler and his 
daughters, who were present at the reception, taking their station 
between Commander Goodrich and Past Commander Blackmar, 
were introduced to the Comrades of " 113 " and their guests. 

At 2 P.M. the company marched into the large dining room on 
the first floor, which had been more elaborately decorated than 
usual, and the dinner in full accord ^\^th the best traditions of 
Young's was served. 

At its conclusion Commander Goodrich called to "attention," 
and a silent toast to the memory of the Comrades mustered out 
was drank standing and in silence. 

In felicitous words all were welcomed to the board and con- 
gratulated upon the successful outcome of the day's exercises. 
He spoke in a merry way of the hunt for General Wheeler, and 
gave due meed of praise to Comrade Adams, who first suggested 
inviting him, and went with Comrade Stillings to Washington to 
accomplish the object. 

Past Commander Wilmon W. Blackmar was introduced as 
Toast-master, and in turn introduced the several speakers in a 
witty and pleasant manner. 

All of the addresses were full to the brim of the good fellowship 
of the day, and were far above the average upon similar occasions. 
Of course, the words of General Wheeler were listened to with 
the closest attention. It seemed as if he had thrown off the 



188 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

feeling of restraint of the morning hour and was among the 
class of men of all others who understood him and had that sym- 
pathy, respect and admiration for each other, characteristic 
of brave men of great deeds and warm hearts. He closed with 
the words : — 

"I want to say to you that at no period of my life have I received 
such a welcome in its cordiality and hospitality as this, and I shall 
remember it as long as I live upon earth. I thank you." 

Prolonged applause and three cheers for Major-General 
"Joe" Wheeler was the response. The speeches that followed 
indicated the high pitch of feeling which imbued every one 
present. It was a time of rejoicing and praise. The other 
speakers were President Smith of the State Senate, Mayor 
Quincy, Rear Admiral Belknap, Department Commander 
Oilman, Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton, Chaplain Hoes, 
U. S. Navy, Rev. Thomas Van Ness and Rev. Dr. John Lindsey 
Withrow. 

Among other guests present at the reception and dinner, 
aside from the speakers, were Colonel James A. Frye, Department 
Senior Vice-Commander Peter D. Smith, Department Junior 
Vice-Commander Silas A. Barton, Assistant Quartermaster 
General John Anderson, Samuel J. Elder, Esq., Rev. Dr. Fred- 
erick W. Hamilton and Mr. C. P. Clark. 

Comrade White had charge of the music and never acquitted 
himself to better advantage. His rendering of a parody on 
"Oh, Susannah," using the names of Shatter and Wheeler in 
a merry contrast that brought down the house. His "We'll 
sit on Aguinaldo " was also heartily enjoyed. The orchestra 
were always ready to intersperse taking and timely snatches, 
and the voices of the boys in the old songs will never be for- 
gotten. The afternoon was ended with "Auld Lang Syne" 
and "One Wide River" sung and timed in the good old way of 
Post No. 113, General Wheeler joining. 

Later in the day. Past Commander Blackmar took charge of 
General Wheeler and daughters and escorted them to his summer 
home, "World's End Farm," Hingham, where they spent the 
night. The next and last day of the General's visit in Massa- 
chusetts was filled ^vith numerous courtesies, which he enjoyed 
exceedingly up to the hour of departure. Among the day's 
events were a tally-ho ride over Jerusalem Road and vicinity ; 



GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER 189 

a call on ex-Governor Long, Secretary of the Navy, at his home 
"in Hingham dowTi the bay" ; a steamboat ride up the harbor ; 
an informal reception and luncheon at the Union Clul) given by 
Governor Wolcott, at which a select and distinguished company 
were present ; a visit to the Boston Public Library ; Harvard 
College, where he met President Eliot ; and, upon returning from 
Cambridge, a visit to several places of amusement under the 
direction of Mayor Quincy, at each of which places special 
recognition was given the distinguished guests. The Misses 
Wheeler accompanied their father except at the Union Club, 
during which time they were entertained by Miss E. P. Sohier 
at the Mayflower Club, where they met many Boston ladies. 

As General Wheeler took the night train for New York, his 
parting words were : — 

"It is not possible to express in words the gratitude I feel for the 
kind reception given me by the people of this great Commonwealth. 
I shall carry to my Southern home the warmest feeling of love and 
affection for the generous hospitality extended to my children and 
myself. May God bless the people of Boston and the State of Mas- 
sachusetts." 

General Wheeler's daughters, who remained throughout the 
week, were the subjects of many kindly courtesies of various 
sorts, and expressed much gratitude for all that had been done 
for their father and themselves upon this notable visit. 

FROM THE BLUE TO THE GRAY 

The visit of General Wheeler and his daughters to Boston, 
in connection with Memorial Day, was fittingly concluded by 
the presentation by the Post to General Wheeler of a beautiful 
Sword and Belt. The letter tendering the gift and the letter of 
aceptance were as follows : — 

"Boston, June 20, 1899. 
"Maj.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A. 

" Dear Sir: 

"The members of E. W. Kinsley Post 113, G. A. R., Department 
of Massachusetts, send you their affectionate greeting and request 
you to accept the sword and belt accompanying this li'tter as a lasting 
memento of Memorial Day, 1899, on which day you were their honored 
guest and their orator of the day. 

"The vast throng of our citizens who listened to your patriotic 
address in the Boston Theatre and gave you such a wildly enthusiastic 
welcome to our State and city, the governor of our State and the mayor 



190 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

of our city, who met you and welcomed you with many attentions, as 
well as the members of our Post, who took you and your charming 
daughters to their homes and showered you with kindly courtesies, 
all testify to the sincere pleasure and satisfaction it gave all our citi- 
zens to welcome to our midst a brave soldier and loyal citizen, who had 
proved his devotion to our beloved flag upon the battle-fields of Cuba. 

"We of Post 113 do not forget that you wore the Gray and we wore 
the Blue in the great War of the Rebellion, but we also remember that 
the War is over, its issues are settled and that all Americans must stand 
shoulder to shoulder under one flag, if we would make our country the 
greatest nation on the face of the globe. 

"We believe that your acceptance of our invitation to deliver our 
Memorial Day address, your presence among us old soldiers on that 
occasion and our recognition of your valor and the valor of your com- 
panions, our countrymen, in 1861 to 1865, and your valor and the valor 
of your companions, our countrymen, in 1898, and the universal com- 
mendation of all you and we did on this Memorial Day have shown to 
the world, at home and abroad, that we are a united people, loving 
peace, but ready and able for war if it cannot be avoided with honor. 

"God bless our country, and may we ever be ready to respond in 
any way to 'One Country and One Flag.' 

"All our comrades would sign this letter accompanying this gift 
to you, but for the delay it would cause, so we enclose a roster of our 
Post that you may see the names of your hosts and donors. 

"Believe us your friends and fellow country-men, 

"Post 113, G. A. R., Department of Massachusetts. 

"By WiLMON W. Blackmar, Chairman Reception Committee, 
Memorial Day, 1899." 

GENERAL WHEELER's REPLY 

" House of Representatives, 

"Washington, June 30, 1899. 
."General W. W. Blackmar and Members of Kinsley Post 113, 
Boston, Mass. 

" Dear General, Friends and Fellow-countrymen: 

"Upon my return from the State Encampment of the G. A. R. of 
Michigan at Petosky, I find your letter with the exquisitely beautiful 
sword and belt sent me by the Kinsley G. A. R. Post of Boston. 

"I cannot express to you in a letter my grateful appreciation of 
this magnificent present, which is to be a 'lasting memento of Memorial 
Day, 1899. ' No event in my life has clustered about it more pleasant 
memories and charming associations than my visit to Boston and the 
Memorial Day of 1899. 

"For the bountiful courtesies extended to my daughters and my- 
self on that occasion, I beg you will accept and tender to his excel- 
lency the Governor of your Commonwealth and the Mayor of your 



GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER 191 

city my most profound thanks. That a wearer of the gray should after 
these long years receive so grand a testimonial from the wearers of the 
blue proves that the nation is indeed reunited, and it shall be my 
pride to hold your gift as the token that the union of the States is 
indeed, in the words of your immortal son, 'One and inseparable now 
and forever.' With great respect, your friend and fellow-countryman, — 

"Joseph Wheeler." 

DESCRIPTION OF GIFT TO GENERAL WHEELER 

Of this gift it may be said that it was a Major-General's Dress 
Sword, with a silver scabbard, having solid gold ornaments, and 
an embroidered silk-lined case of oak. The blade was of the 
best Damascus steel, etched with gold. The handle was sur- 
mounted by an eagle and the oak leaves of the Major-General's 
rank. On the guard was the figure of a mounted cavalryman, 
and at the end of the guard was a knight's head. The silver 
scabbard bears in solid gold the figures of a spread eagle, a 
knight's helmet and figures of draped flags. On the reverse 
side of the scabbard was this inscription : — 

MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER, 

U. s. v., 

PROM 

Post 113, G. A. R., 

Department of Massachusetts, 

Memorial Day, 1899. 

Thus ended the record of one of the most notable events in 
the history of Post No. ILS. 

A NEW ERA 

The ordinary round of visits, camp fires and similar events 
followed one another rapidly, but the most important internal 
event for twenty years was the adoption of a new code of 
Post By-Laws, which was shortly followed by the creation of an 
auxiliary body called "Kinsley Associates," with rules governing 
the same. The new by-laws removed much of the irritation 
which had been smouldering for many j^ars by providing for a 
partial return to democratic principles in the method of selecting 
officers and governing the Post. The money on hand was 
divided into distinct funds to be held by trustees whose obliga- 
tions were strictly defined. All duties of Committees were 



192 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113. G. A. R. 

also clearly stated, and the whole interior economy of the Post 
was systemized and perfected. 

This code has since been continued, save by a few minor 
changes, and without question is the most comprehensive and 
efficient for a Grand Army Post or similar body in existence. 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

The "Kinsley Associates" are composed of annual contrib- 
utors and life members. They consist of patriotic gentlemen, 
not eligible as regular members, who desire to assist and en- 
courage the noble Grand Army work, and to whom certain privi- 
leges and courtesies are accorded by the Post. 

This organization has proved of much value both 'directly 
and indirectly. For the new code of by-laws and the "Asso- 
ciates " great credit is due Commander Goodrich and Comrade 
Stillings, without whose enthusiastic efforts it is doubtful if 
they would have been initiated or adopted. 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

The success attending the efforts of the spring season early 
determined the Post to visit Philadelphia and take part in the 
thirty-third National Encampment of the G. A. R. 

Arrangements were made for the trip in connection with 
Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York and Meade Post No. 1 of 
Philadelphia. In this connection a unique badge was designed, 
consisting of a three-leaf clover suspended from a red, white 
and blue ribbon, the clover part being made from the metal of a 
gun captured at Fort Fisher by regiments from the three States, 
Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. 

The names of the three Posts were cast on the three leaves of 
clover with the word " Philadelphia " underneath. On the re- 
verse side was a statement of how the badge was made. It 
formed a valuable souvenir for the members of the Post "trip- 
lets." 

A joint banquet to further cement the friendship of the three 
Posts was also arranged to be given in the auditorium of the Odd 
Fellows Building, Philadelphia, on the evening of September 5, 
the details being placed in the hands of Meade Post. 

Sunday morning, September 3, the Post left Boston and ar- 



NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 193 

rived in Philadelphia about 11 o'clock p.m., the same day. 
Good accommodations were had at the Walton House. The 
city was crowded ; the streets alive with life and bright with 
light and decorations formed a beautiful picture well worth 
the journey to see. 

THE GRAND PARADE 

On Tuesday, the 5th, the hosts of Veterans, numbering thirty- 
five thousand men, were alert and in place for the grand spectacu- 
lar parade. The day was clear and warm. Post No. 113 took 
its position in line in the Massachusetts Department and 
marched over the long route, receiving its share of notice and 
plaudits bountifully bestowed upon the Bay State Veterans. It 
was a proud day for Department Commander Oilman. 

The column was six hours and ten minutes in passing the 
reviewing stand. President McKinley, Governor Stone of 
Pennsylvania, Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia, Rear Admirals 
Sampson and Melville, Captains Chadwick, Taylor, Sigsbee, 
Jewell, Tain and Hemphill, U. S. Navy, and their respective 
staffs, were among the men of note who witnessed the pageant. 
It was one of the largest parades in point of numbers ever held 
by the Grand Army of the Republic, and acting Commander- 
in-Chief Johnson had more than reason to be satisfied. 

THE JOINT BANQUET 

After resting from the long march of the day the " boys " were 
on hand prepared to do justice to the banquet, which had 
become heralded as one of the great attractions of the week, and 
for which tickets were in active demand at twenty-five dollars 
each. 

The crush to enter the auditorium, where the banquet was 
to be held, was the occasion of much discomfort, but after con- 
siderable delay most of the ticket holders succeeded in getting 
in and securing seats. 

The decorations of the banqueting hall and table ornaments 
were numerous, and the scene during the evening was one of 
beauty and life. The guests were very numerous, including 
the President of the United States and his Cabinet, Senators, 
Governors and Mayors, officers of the Army and Navy, Grand 
Army officials and distinguished gentlemen from several States. 

The caterer provided an abundance of everj-thing, and his art 



194 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

produced many unique designs, in sweets, pastry and other 
articles which added to the novelty of the feast. The banquet 
was much interrupted by the late arrival of one and another 
important personages, for whom successive cheers were de- 
manded as they came in ; another hindrance was the desire of 
the chief guests to speak their pieces and take an early train 
for Washington, so that between the incessant calls for cheers 
and toasts, the speeches and the coming and going, there re- 
mained very little time for the rank and file to enjoy the good 
things set before them. 

President McKinley, Secretary Root, President Schuman of 
Cornell University and numerous others spoke, but Past Com- 
mander Blackmar's speech in presenting a Silver Loving Cup 
to Lafayette Post in behalf of " Kinsley " was one of the oratori- 
cal gems of the evening. When he said in his peroration that he 
wished the President to be the first to put his lips to the cup 
and drink the health of Kinsley, Meade and Lafayette posts 
and afterward drink to the health of every G. A. R. Comrade 
living under the Stars and Stripes, the cheers and enthusiasm 
became indescribable. 

The Washington guests soon after retired, and the banqueters, 
evidently under the impression that the function was over, 
rushed from the tables before all the regular courses had been 
served. The managing officials seem to have lost control, as 
otherwise the banquet, instead of abruptly terminating in a rush 
to get away early in the evening, would have continued much 
longer to the comfort and pleasure of all concerned. 

It is doubtful if so many men of national reputation, high 
government officials, great captains of armies and navies and 
noted civilians were ever present before at any Grand Army 
Encampment. Many of these gentlemen stopped at or visited 
the Walton House, and it was the event of a lifetime to meet and 
talk with so many really great men, who had taken a conspicu- 
ous part in shaping the destinies of the Republic, in war and in 
peace. 

The succeeding days were spent in visiting points and build- 
ings of interest in and near the city, and all returned at the week's 
end with a feeling of satisfaction at being able to take part in 
what was really one of the notably great Encampments of the 
Grand Army. 



ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY 195 

HAIL TO THE HERO ! WELCOME TO ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY 

October 13, the hero of Manila Bay visited Boston, He 
arrived at the North Station at 6.20 p.m. and was received by 
the Mayor and escorted to the Hotel Touraine by three thousand 
Veterans, sailors and soldiers of the Civil and Spanish wars. 

The volume of spontaneous enthusiasm which greeted him 
at the station and over the whole route was probably never 
before equalled in Boston. 

The immense crowds simply went wild in their intense ex- 
pressions of hero-worship, and amid the red fire, din and 
pandemonium that was incessant from beginning to end, the Ad- 
miral was the only person who seemed to remain cool and self- 
possessed. The crush upon the streets near the Touraine and 
upon the Common was terrible, and many persons were more or 
less injured. 

Department Commander Oilman acted as Chief Marshal 
of the parade, with Post No. 113 as his escort. The right of 
the line was appropriately accorded to the Kearsarge Associa- 
tion of Naval Veterans. Thirty-eight Posts of the Grand Army 
turned out in strong numbers. Post No. 5 of Lynn taking the 
palm with three hundred men in line. 

All in all, it was the most exciting and strenuous public func- 
tion ever participated in by Post No. 113. 

ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 

The spirit of the year was carried into the celebration of the 
thirtieth Anniversary, held at Young's, November 22, and 
deserves special notice. The usual reception was held with the 
largest attendance in the history of the Post. The main dining 
room proved insufficient, and an overflow was necessitated. 
The feast of reason commenced with the entrance into the 
main dining room of the overflow members, singing "Hold the 
Fort." Commander Goodrich, after extending greetings to 
the members and guests present, rehearsed in an interesting 
manner the series of stirring events of the year and recalled to 
memory the Comrades lost. He closed with a sketch of the 
changes produced by the Spanish War and the new duties in 
consequence devolving upon us as a Nation. His address was 
dignified and straight to the point ; Comrade Charles H. Taylor, 



196 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

the prince of toast-masters, then took charge of the assembly. 
In his opening, he deUvered a very interesting review of the 
events enacted during the past thirty years, and recalled the 
vast advance in many directions and within comparatively a 
few years. 

The surprises of the evening were many. Colonel William G. 
Vincent of New Orleans, Louisiana, Commander of the Con- 
federate Louisiana Brigade of Cavalry in the Civil War, in a neat 
speech at once established himself in the good graces of the ' ' boys, ' ' 
and without more ado was created an Honorary Life Associate 
Member of the Post. Thirty-six gentlemen, the nucleus of the 
new Associate Membership, were for the first time welcomed, 
and as the names of those present were called, each was deco- 
rated with the beautiful gold badge especially designed for the 
"Kinsley Associates." Past Commander Blackmar in pre- 
senting and pinning the badges on their breasts said : — 

"Wear these badges over hearts as true as those who welcome you. 
A soldier's welcome is your own." 

Able speeches of a lofty tone were made by Captain John G. 
B. Adams, Rev. Thomas Van Ness, Mayor Quincy and Ad- 
miral Gherardi. Post Chaplain Edward A. Horton made a 
spirited defence of Secretary of the Navy, ex-Governor Long, 
against the aspersions of Western newspapers, and Past Com- 
mander Blackmar read a number of humorous telegrams pur- 
porting to be from Secretaries Root and Long, General Buller 
and Aguinaldo. A very interesting letter was read by Comrade 
Stillings from General Joseph Wheeler dated October 17 at 
Angeles, Island of Luzon. The musical programme was in keep- 
ing with the occasion. All in all, the Anniversary exercises well 
maintained the spirit and character of the year's remarkable 
record. 

MINOR EVENTS 

January 20, Past Commander J. Edward Hollis passed from 
earth, followed all too soon. May 20, by Past Commander James 
G. Harris, two of the most lovable and delightful Comrades 
that the Post has knowni. 

April 19, a rousing Camp Fire was given complimentary to 
Department Commander Oilman. The Department officers 
and many others prominent in the Order were guests. 



ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 197 

May 21, the Post attended the First Universalist Church at 
Cambridgeport, upon invitation of WiUiam H. Smart Post No. 30. 
Memorial service was held in memory of the deceased Com- 
rades of that Post. Rev. Edward A. Horton and Comrade 
Joseph L. White of Post No. 113 took part in the exercises. 

Sunday evening, May 28, the Post attended Memorial services 
at the Young Men's Christian Union. Rev. Charles W. Wendte 
delivered an address. His subject was "In Memory of our 
Heroic Dead." 

June 15, the Post visited Charles Ward Post No. 62 of New- 
ton. 

November 15, annual inspection by Comrade Marcus G. B. 
Swift, Assistant Department Inspector. 

Several musicales and special entertainments were enjoyed 
during the year. 

Notwithstanding extraordinary expenditures, the Post re- 
mained in excellent financial condition. The closing days of 
1899 were saddened by the death of Past Commander Eugene 
H. Richards, who entered into rest December 11. The loss of 
three Past Commanders in one year was a sad example of 
mortahty for Post No. 113. 

In addition to the three Past Commanders, Comrades Louis 
G. A. Fauteaux, June 1, one of the early members, and Edward 
F. Everett, September 26, making five all together, were lost by 
death during the year. The obsequies of all were attended by 
the Post. 

IRA B. GOODRICH 

Service, Civil War. 21st Mass. Infantry. Corporal ; 1st Sergeant ; 2d 
Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant. 

The first year of Commander Goodrich's administration was 
uneventful. Aside from the ordinary routine there was no 
call to make any special exertion, but the fact was established 
that he was one of the ablest presiding oflftcers the Post had 
ever chosen, and was possessed of sound judgment and 
ability as an executive. He had previously served as Com- 
mander of Reno Post No. 9 of Hudson, and had otherwise ob- 
tained valuable experience as a presiding officer by responsible 
positions held in Masonic bodies. 

The second term brought new calls of a kind out of the or- 



198 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

dinary. Suffice it to say that on every occasion in which he 
represented the Post in pubhc new honor was brought the 
organization ; he rose to every occasion, and his manhness and 
solid worth were conspicuous. No single Comrade of the Post 
has been more relied upon for advice in later years or has done 
more acceptable work in committees and otherwise. In fact, 
he has been available to fill any breach and ready at all times to 
aid in sustaining the reputation of the Post. He served upon 
the Staff of Commander-in-Chief Shaw in 1890, and of Com- 
mander-in-Chief Blackmar in 1905. 

Upon the death of Past Commander HoUis, he was elected 
to the board of trustees of the Relief Fund, a position of much 
responsibility, which he has since held by subsequent reelec- 
tions. 




PAUL H. KENDRICKEN 
Post Commander, 1900 



CHAPTER XXXV 

Nineteen Hundred 

The Navy again at the Helm. Restricted Membership Re- 
moved. Reception to Past Commander Blackmar. Patriots' 
Day. Camp Fire in Honor of Commander-in-Chief Shaw. 
Memorial Exercises Sunday, May Twenty-second. Address by 
Rev. Thomas Van Ness. Memorial Day. Chaplain Roswell 
W. Hoes, U. S. N.wy, Orator. "The Laniard Pulled" at 
Commanders' Reception, July Fourth. General Wheeler at 
Thirty-first Anniversary. Minor Events. Sketch of Com- 
mander Paul H. Kbndricken. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY DEPARTMENT COMMANDER 
JOHN E. OILMAN 

Commander Paul H. Kendricken. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . John C. Cook. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . James D. Leatherbee. 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster John W. Small. 

Surgeon Dr. Frank W. Graves. 

(Dr. William H. Ruddick, April 17, vice Graves deceased.) 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day .... Peter J. Rooney. 
Officer of the Guard . . . Charles E. Pierce. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . Augustine Sanderson. 

f Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Council of Administration . j James N. North and 

[ Arthur Hooper. 

f Charles C. Adams, Ch., 
Trustees of Post I Bowdoin S. Parker and 

[ James S. Barrows. 

I WiLMON W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . Albert W. Hersey and 

[ Ira B. Goodrich. 

the navy at the helm 

THE third naval administration was ushered in January, 
1900 ; the tars agog with excitement. The first naval chief 
of the Post was Comrade HoUis in 1871 ; the second, Comrade 

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200 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G.A.R. 

Harris in 1896. It was therefore an event of more than 
ordinary interest, and a large number of members and 
visitors were on deck to welcome the new "web-footed" 
administration. 

The Commander in announcing his committees for the year 
gave timely notice that he expected all orders to be promptly 
obeyed, as all delinquents would be put in the "brig." 

A fine collation was served, and speeches appropriate to the 
occasion made by the installing officer and others. 

The opening month brought a sad bereavement to the Com- 
mander and the Post through the sudden death of Comrade 
Joseph A. Ingalls, who for over forty years had been a close 
friend of Commander Kendricken and his business partner for 

twenty-five years, and was such at the time of his decease. 

* 

RESTRICTION OF MEMBERSHIP REMOVED 

The question of removing the restriction as to the number of 
Post members was again agitated, as the names of many very 
excellent Veterans had long stood upon the waiting list. The 
Commander therefore called a Special Meeting for the consid- 
eration of the subject February 8, and after a very free and full 
discussion, it was voted to admit all petitioners who should be 
reported upon favorably by the Committee on Applications. 
At the next Regular Meeting the entire waiting list was ad- 
mitted to membership in the Post. 

RECEPTION TO PAST COMMANDER BLACKMAR 

At the earliest opportunity, March 9, after Past Commander 
Blackmar's election as Department Junior Vice-Commander, 
a great reception was given by the Post in his honor in Berkeley 
Hall, at which the "Kinsley Associates," Post No. 62 of New- 
ton, Post No. 8 of Middleboro, Post No. 71 of Holyoke and the 
Department officers were present. Music, speeches and the old 
songs were at their best. 

patriots' day 

Patriots' Day, April 19, was a gala day for all the Posts 
in the Department. A grand Camp Fire was held in Mechan- 
ics Building, in honor of the visit of Commander-in-Chief 



MEMORIAL DAY 201 

Albert D. Shaw. Post No. 113, as usual in all such events, took 
a prominent part. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

The celebration of the two great functions of the Post, Me- 
morial Day and Anniversary, were of special interest, as carrying 
out the naval flavor of the year, and are worthy of special men- 
tion. 

Sunday, May 22, the Post and Kinsley Associates attended 
services at the Second Church. Rev. Thomas Van Ness, an 
Associate, delivered a strong address, taking for his subject 
"The Newer Patriotism," or "All Patriots' Day." 

CHAPLAIN ROSWELL W. HOES 

The principal ceremonies. May 30, were held in Tremont 
Temple, which was crowded with friends of the Post and hun- 
dreds of school children. 

Chaplain Roswell W. Hoes, U. S. Navy, delivered an oration 
full of patriotism. It was an admira})le effort. The music was 
furnished by an especially strong chorus of sixteen male voices, 
accompanied by a full military band and the organ. Comrade 
"Joe" White surpassed his previous efforts. Miss Harriet M. 
Crum of Canton, Ohio, a protegee of President McKinley, was 
very flatteringly received. Her singing of Rudyard Kipling's 
Recessional, " Lest we Forget," took the audience by storm. Mr. 
Herbert Johnson and others were much applauded. Admirals 
Sampson and Belknap were present. The former held an in- 
formal reception after the ser\'ices, at which a large number of 
the audience crowded to meet him. 

DINNER AT YOUNG's 

It was a cheerful, happy reunion of the shipmates in the 
afternoon at the customary dinner at Young's. Commander 
Kendricken presided, and Past Commander Blackmar served as 
Toast-master. Excellent speeches were deliv^ered by Chaplain 
Hoes, who was made an Honorary Life Associate Member of the 
Post. General Curtis Guild, Jr. ; Post Chaplain Rev. Edward 
A. Horton, Department Commander Peter D. Smith ; Presi- 
dent Capen of Tufts College; Admiral Belknap; Edgar O. 
Achom, Esq., an Associate Member; Colonel Hopkins of the 



202 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Loyal Legion and General A. P. Martin ; Rev. Dr. J. L. Withrow ; 
Mayor Hart ; and other guests were present. 

GENERAL WHEELER AT THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY 

November 22 brought the red letter event of the year and the 
usual elaborate preparations for the annual reception and ban- 
quet at Young's. 

The honored guest at the board was no other than our dear 
friend General Joseph Wheeler, just returned from the Philip- 
pines. It is needless to say that his welcome was full of sen- 
timents of affection and respect. 

Commander Kendricken again presided, and Comrade Charles 
H. Taylor acted as Toast-master. After a short address he 
introduced President George E. Smith of the Senate to represent 
the State and Mayor Hart the city. 

Amid great enthusiasm General Wheeler was unanimously 
chosen an Honorary Life Associate Member of the Post, and the 
Associate badge was pinned on his breast by Past Commander 
Blackmar, who said : — 

"When General Lee surrendered at Aj^pomattox, we believed with 
General Grant that the war was over, and we have since cherished 
only good will for our brave foemen and have desired to do all that was 
possible to reunite North and South in our Common Country." 

General Wheeler was much affected, and after expressing his 
sincere thanks for the honor bestowed, delivered an interesting 
address upon the Spanish War in Cuba and gave a vivid de- 
scription of the Surrender at Santiago and the ceremonies attend- 
ing it. He then related some of his Philippine experiences, to 
the great delight of all present. 

The other speakers were Professor Alonzo H. Williams of 
Brown University ; Hon. James J. Myers, Speaker of the 
Massachusetts House of Representatives ; and Adjutant Brown 
of Lafayette Post No. 140, New York. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Comrade Elmar A. Messinger, after eighteen years' service as 
Quartermaster, retired from office in January and was accorded 
a hearty vote of thanks by the Post. 

Mr. Caleb Chase, a life associate member, added $500 to 
his many former donations for the Post Relief Fund, 



COMMANDER KEXDRICKEN 203 

Retiring Commander Goodrich was welcomed back to the 
floor and congratulated upon his successful two years' service 
in a felicitous speech by Past Commander Blackmar, who pre- 
sented him with an elegant Post Commander's badge, to which 
was suspended a 9th Army Corps badge, diamond studded, as 
a sentiment of love from the members of the Post. Past Com- 
mander Goodrich made a feeling response in acceptance. 

In February the Post buried Comrade McMurdie, a former 
member of the 53d Pennsylvania Volunteers, and who was 
supposed to be a member of some Maine Post of the G. A. R., 
but having no one here able to perform this last service. 

"the lanyard pulled" 

Fore and aft everybod}' was heard and everybody was on 
hand at the beautiful residence of Commander Kendricken on 
Elm Hill, July 4, where a royal welcome was extended to "Com- 
rades, shipmates and Associates." 

The annual inspection was made November 21 by Comrade 
William J. Gillespie of Boston, Post No. 7. 

The remaining events of the year were the presentation of a 
beautiful set of colors to the Post by Mr. Thomas W. Lawson, 
who was subsequently made an Honorary Life Associate Mem- 
ber, and by Miss Ahce O'Neil of the old Flag of the U. S. S. 
Cincinnati ; the advent of the "Kinsley Glee Club "; andthedeath 
of Mrs. Carista A. Kinsley, wife of Mr. Edward W. Kinsley, for 
whom the Post was named, and whose funeral was attended by 
the Commander and a delegation of the Post. It was a busy 
and pleasant year, though without any marked public functions. 

The Post membership was one hundred and twenty. The 
losses by death in addition to Comrade Ingalls were Comrade 
Dominicus Koppman, January 4 ; Joseph W. Gelray, March 
10, a distinguished soldier ; and Dr. Frank W. Graves, March 
i3, the Post Surgeon. 

PAUL H. KENDRICKEN 

Ser\nce, Civil War. U. S. Navy. Acting 3d Assistant Engineer ; 
2d Assistant Engineer. 

If, as Goethe said, "kindness is the golden chain by which 
society is bound together," the reason of the pleasant relations 
existing in the Post during Commander Kendricken's term of 



204 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

office may be readily understood, for no kinder-hearted or more 
considerate Commander ever occupied the chair. 

It was a pleasant and enjoyable year. The routine of the 
Post went on from month to month easily, quickly and without 
friction. Like the free and happy brook, it travelled on and on, 
un vexed by small delays, until, gliding at length into the great 
ocean of memories, it was lost in satisfied serenity. 

"That best portion of a good man's life, 
His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." 




JOHN C. COOK 
Post Commander, 1901 



CHAPTER XXXVI 

Nineteen Hundred One 

The Infantry again Leads. Another Reception to Past Com- 
mander Blackmar. Memorial Observance. General Charles 
H. Grosvenor, Orator. Pathetic Letter of the Late Carl 
Pfleuger. Memorial Service to Comrade McKinley, Late 
President of the United States. The Thirty-second Anni- 
versary. Sketch of Commander John C. Cook. 

officers installed by comrade WILLIAM M. OLIN OF POST 
NO. 26, ROXBURY 

Commander John C. Cook. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . George E. Henry. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . George H. Graves. 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster James M. Hilton. 

Surgeon Dr. William H. Ruddick. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day .... Charles E. Pierce. 
Officer of the Guard . . . Edwin C. McFarland. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . Augustine Sanderson. 

fEpHRAiM B. Stillings, Ch., 
Council of Administration . Arthur Hooper and 

[Paul H. Kendricken. 
Charles C. Adams, Ch., 
Trustees of Post I Bowdoin S. Parker and 

I James S. Barrows. 
Wilmon W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . \ Albert W. Hersey and 

Ira B. Goodrich. 

THE INFANTRY IN COMMAND 

WITH the temporary retirement of the Navy, a represen- 
tative of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry assumed 
command. 

RECEPTION TO PAST COMMANDER BLACKMAR 

The first event was a repetition of the reception and Camp 
Fire of the previous year, in honor of Past Commander Black- 

205 



206 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

mar, now advanced to the office of Department Senior Vice- 
Commander. 

JVIost of the Posts in the city were represented, together with 
the Kinsley Associates and Department officers. 

There were speeches galore, interspersed with music ; a 
whole minstrel show by the Hawthorne Musical Club, and all 
the old songs led by the "Kinsley Glee Club." The honor 
guest of the evening was warmly lauded over and over again, 
to all of which he responded in his always happy and apprecia- 
tive manner. 

Among the eminent guests were Captain Clark, U. S. Navy, 
since promoted to Rear Admiral, and who commanded the 
U. S. battleship Oregon and brought her safely from the Pacific 
to the Atlantic, and took an important part in the capture and 
destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cuba during 
the Spanish- American War. 

Another noted guest was Captain Elmer F. Mayo, the hero 
of the Monomoy Life-saving Station, who had shortly before 
performed brave and gallant service in saving life. 

MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE 

The customary service, the Sunday before May 30, was again 
enjoyed by the Post at the Second Church, with the minister, 
Rev. Thomas Van Ness, officiating. His address was a thought- 
ful effort upon the subject "The Two Dominating Ideas of 
1861." 

His closing words were "Truth, the right and love shall tri- 
umph, for God is marching on." 

GENERAL CHARLES H. GROSVENOR 

Memorial Day was observed by the decoration of graves, 
tablets and statues, with full ceremonies on the Common and 
at Tremont Temple. 

The orator of the day was General Charles H. Grosvenor of 
Ohio, who spoke from the ^'eteran's standpoint on the War of 
the Rebellion. He related many incidents connected with his 
long service in Congress, and appealed for a kindly feeling be- 
tween North and South. He said there has never been any 
lack of loyalty on the part of the people for the old Soldier. 



MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY 207 

THE DINNER 

The afternoon was devoted to the reception, dinner and ac- 
companying speeches at Young's. Rear Admiral Sampson, 
who had attended the exercises in the Temple, was present, 
together with the orator of the clay. General Grosvenor, Colonel 
Butler and Lieutenant-Colonel Morris of the U. S. Army, Hon. 
Samuel L. Powers and Rev. George C. Lorimer. Commander 
Cook presided. 

General Grosvenor was made an Honorary Life Associate 
Member of the Post and the gold badge of an Associate pinned 
on his breast. An affecting incident of the day was the reading 
of the following letter from the late Carl Pfleuger : — 

"Cambridge, April, 1899. 
"To THE Commander of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R, 

" Dear Sir : 

" Being in very poor health, and entertaining no hope of recovery, 
I hereby beg of you to accept at the time of my death the return of the 
enclosed beautiful badge which Post 113 so tenderly presented to me in 
1887. I shall leave no descendants, and therefore I think it but right 
and proper that this badge should be returned to the donors at the time 
of my death. Will you kindly convey my most heartfelt thanks to the 
members of the Post for the great honor they bestowed on me, and 
tell them that I prize this badge higher than anything in my possession. 
I also thank them very sincerely for their great kindness to me in for- 
mer years, and for the joy and honor I was privileged to possess in 
their medal. Wishing Post 113 a long and happy life, and thanking 
you for the service I ask, I am, 

" Yours very sincerely, 

"Carl Pfleuger." 

. Accompanying the letter was the badge presented him by the 
Post and which he had worn, not only here, but in his native 
land, with the greatest })ride and pleasure. 

Carl had served his time in the German Army and was always 
a prime favorite ^^'ith the boys of "113 " upon its social occasions. 

MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY 

September 17, the Post attended Memorial services at Tre- 
mont Temple in honor of Comrade William McKinley, Presi- 
dent of the United States. Dr. Lorimer spoke eloquently and 
feelingly of the departed Patriot and Statesman. The 18th of 
the same month the Post was called to part with another of 



208 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

its Past Commanders and its first Adjutant, Augustus N. 
Sampson, who was not only one of the charter members, but 
who had been conspicuous during its whole history in his un- 
tiring activity and zeal for the welfare of his beloved organi- 
zation. 

THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY 

The recurring annual banquet was held at Young's, Com- 
mander Cook presiding, and Associate Member Edgar O. 
Achorn, Toast-master, who made an extended address. 

He was followed by James O. Lyford, Naval Officer of the 
Port, representing the United States ; Colonel William M. Olin 
spoke for the State ; Hon. Patrick A. Collins responded for the 
city ; Department Commander Barton for the Grand Army ; 
Major Robert W. Patterson, U. S. Army, for the Regular Army ; 
Past Commander Kendricken for the Navy ; Rev. Thomas 
Van Ness for our Associates ; Hon. John W. Candler for our new 
possessions ; Professor C. H. Toy, of Harvard University, an ex- 
Confederate, for the Sunny South ; Post Chaplain Rev. Edward 
A. Horton for the American woman ; and Past Commander 
Blackmar, who pronounced the benediction. The speeches were 
all of unusual excellence and force. Captain John A. Logan, 
U. S. Army, a son of the late General Logan, was also present. 
The new "America," composed and sung by Herbert Johnson, 
caused the greatest enthusiasm. 

The duties of the year closed with the annual inspection of 
the Post by Comrade Nathaniel T. Howard of Post No. 2, 
Assistant Department Inspector. 

Honorary Life Associate Membership was given Henry E. 
Stillings, who served in the U. S. Army in the Philippines and 
China and was discharged for wounds, and General Augustus P. 
Martin, a hero of Gettysburg, often a guest and speaker at the 
social occasions of the Post. 

The only death was that of Past Commander Sampson, as 
before noted. 

JOHN C. COOK 

Service, Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. 

The year was devoid of any special public function, but 
the regular routine was well carried out. Commander Cook 
represented the Post in a quiet and faithful manner, and the 



THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY 209 

helpful spirit of Comradeship, conspicuous the previous year, 
was continued ; it was a season of genuine pleasure. Comrade 
Cook has since rendered valuable service as Chairman of the 
Council of Administration and as a member of numerous com- 
mittees. He has for years been a leading member of the Post. 

" Have you had a kindness shown ? 

Pass it on. 
'Twas not given for you alone. 

Pass it on. 
Let it travel down the years, 
Let it wipe another's tears, 
Turn to hope your brother's fears. 

Pass it on." 



CHAPTER XXXVII 

Nineteen Hundred Two 

Reception to Department Commander Blackmar. Memorial 
Day. General Charles P. Mattocks, Orator. National 
Encampment at Washington, D.C. The Thirty-third Anni- 
versary. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Albert A. 
Pope. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER WILFRED 
A. WETHERBEE, OF POST NO. 62, NEWTON 

Commander Albert A. Pope. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . George E. Henry. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . George H. Graves. 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Surgeon Dr. William H. Ruddick. 

Officer of the Day .... James D. Leatherbee. 
Officer of the Guard . . . George E. Mitchell. 

Sergeant Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . James S. Barrows. 

[Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Council of Administration . Paul H. Kendricken and 

[Charles B. Amory. 

[Charles Clark Adams, Ch., 
Trustees of Post | Bowdoin S. Parker and 

[James S. Barrows. 

[WiLMON W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . | Albert W^. Hersey and 

[Ira B. Goodrich. 

RECEPTION TO DEPARTMENT COMMANDER BLACKMAR 

THE third consecutive annual reception and Camp Fire, in 
honor of Past Commander Blackmar, was held in Berkeley 
Hall, upon his election as Department Commander. Two 
hundred twenty-five enthusiastic members of the Post and 
visiting Comrades, with Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, U. S. 
Navy, and former commander of the famous battleship Oregon, 
were present. 

210 




ALBERT A. POPE 
Post Commander, 1902 



MEMORIAL SERVICES 211 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

On Sunday, May 25, the Post attended the Second Church, 
Rev. Thomas \an Ness delivered an address, and Post Chaplain 
Rev. Edward A. Horton assisted in the service. In the 
evening a number of the Comrades attended the Memorial 
exercises at the Young Men's Christian Union. During the 
week preceding Memorial Day the city schools held patriotic 
exercises at which members of Post No. 113 and other Posts 
made addresses. On the morning of May 30, the tablets in 
five churches and four schools, the statue of General Charles 
Devens, and the graves in King's Chapel, Common, Granary 
and Copp's Hill burial grounds, also all graves of Comrades of 
the Post in Forest Hills, Mt. Hope, Cedar Grove, Milton, 
Mt. Auburn, West Roxbury and Mt. Benedict cemeteries, and 
in the various other burial grounds of this and other States, 
were lovingly decorated in pursuance of the established custom 
of many years. 

After the usual exercises at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monu- 
ment on the Common the Post repaired to Tremont Temple, 
where, in the presence of an audience filling the house, — 
which included six hundred school children, — the impressive 
Memorial ritual with appropriate music was rendered and an 
Oration delivered by General Charles P. Mattocks of Portland, 
Maine. 

AFTERNOON REUNION 

The usual dinner and reunion was held at Young's Hotel 
in the afternoon, with a full attendance. The postprandial 
exercises were very interesting and eulogistic of the American 
Soldier. Senior Vice-Commander Henry presided in the ab- 
sence of Commander Pope. Past Commander Mathews acted 
as Toast-master ; Brigadier-General Robert Blood, Surgeon- 
General, Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, Post Chaplain Rev. 
Edward A. Horton, Hon. James J. Myers, Mr. E. H. Clements, 
General Mattocks and Brigadier-General Irving Hale of 
Colorado were the speakers. General Hale, who had served in 
the Philippines, was especially interesting, in view of our new 
relations in those islands. General Mattocks was made an 
Honorary Life Associate Member, and the gold badge of a 
Post Associate duly pinned upon his breast. 



212 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT AT WASHINGTON, D.C. 

The Post, having tendered its services as escort to the Depart- 
ment Commander and Staff at the National Encampment of 
the G. A. R. at Washington, left Boston, October 5, and arrived 
safely the following day. 

On the morning of the grand parade the Post took its station 
at the head of the Massachusetts Division. Just before the 
column started, Department Commander Blackmar acciden- 
tally fell from his horse by reason of the breaking of his saddle 
girth and was so much injured as to be unable to take part in the 
parade, greatly to the disappointment of his Comrades of " 113." 

Department Senior Vice-Commander D wight 0. Judd at 
once assumed command, and the Post marched over the entire 
route, receiving its share of applause from the immense throng 
of people crowding the broad streets of the Capital. 

As a whole, the parade was considered one of the finest ever 
held by the organization. 

In the evening, the Comrades and their ladies were enter- 
tained very enjoyably. The few days allowed for the trip were 
fully occupied in visiting the public buildings, and points of 
interest in and near the city. A pleasant surprise was the in- 
vitation of the "Confederate Veterans' Association" to visit 
their headquarters. About twenty members of Post No. 113 
called and were cordially received. 

THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY 

The Amiiversary banquet was held at Young's, with the old- 
time enthusiasm and success. 

Commander Pope, after a short address of welcome, read a 
poem entitled "The Color Sergeant," and introduced Past 
Commander Charles C. Adams as Toast-master. 

The following gentlemen spoke : — 

Hon. George A. Marden, Assistant Treasurer of the United 
States, responded for the United States of America ; Colonel 
John L. Tiernan, U. S. Army, for the Army ; Captain John Read, 
for the Navy; Comrade Rev. Edward Anderson on "The 
Women in the War." The others were Judge Henry S. Dewey, 
Comrade Charles H. Taylor and Past Commander Thomas R. 
Mathews, Hon. Arthur H. Wellman, Department Senior Vice- 



THE THIRTY-THIRD AXXIVERSARY 213 

Commander D wight O. Judd, and Past Department Com- 
manders Wetherbee and Oilman. A number of the speeches 
were very entertaining. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Members of the Post attended the Anniversary of the Massa- 
chusetts Woman's ReUef Corps at Park Street Church, on the 
evening of February 12. Commander-in-Chief Torrance and 
Department Commander-Elect Blackmar made addresses. 

March 13 recorded the death of Life Associate Member Gen- 
eral Augustus P. Martin. The Post was represented at his 
funeral held at the Second Church, Copley Square. 

April 16, Comrade Edward J. Jones read an interesting paper 
on "Massachusetts in the Rebelhon." 

April 30, a delegation attended Memorial services in honor of 
our late Associate Member, General Augustus P. Martin, at 
the "Martin Schoolhouse." 

June 10, the Post attended the Boston Theatre and witnessed 
a fine representation of the play "Drummer Boy of Shiloh," 
given in aid of the Department Relief Fund. Post No. 113 
contributed $340 to the cause. 

June 17, a grand Department Camp Fire at Mechanics 
Building, at which "113" and most of the Posts of the State 
took part. It was a Hvely and patriotic occasion. 

Among the many donations of the year by the Post, none 
seemed more fitting than the $113 sent to the ex-Confederate 
Veterans' Home, in Alabama. 

The November Post inspection was made by Comrade Alfred 
S. Roe of George H. Ward Post No. 10 of Worcester. 

A pleasant incident of the year was the presentation by the 
Post of a silk National Flag to the Roger Wolcott School in 
Dorchester, with appropriate exercises. 

Another pleasant event was the presentation by the Post 
"Washington Encampment Committee" of a silver loving cup 
to Past Commander George F. Hall, the chairman, for courtesy 
and efficiency on the tour. 

The deaths were : Comrades Louis N. Tucker, March 18, a 
charter member of the Post ; WiUiam M. Osborne, April 29 ; 
Lamont 0. Burnham, September 25 ; John B. Reed, September 
29; Warren B. Galucia, November 26. 



214 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The membership, December 31, was one hundred twenty- 
two, Associates sixty-eight, Life Honorary Associates fourteen, 

ALBERT A. POPE 

Service, Civil War. 35th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieu- 
tenant, Captain ; Brevet Major and Brevet 
Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Volunteers. 

The responsibilities devolving upon the office of Post Com- 
mander grew with the influence and popularity of the Post. 

The duties were exacting and onerous, requiring much time, 
thought and attention to details. 

Commander Pope was a very active business man, with large 
responsibilities and many social engagements ; he was not 
familiar with the methods or traditions of the Post and had a 
limited personal acquaintance with the members. 

It was a year of perfunctoriness and general lack of interest. 
The meetings were devoid of life, warmth and enthusiasm. 
It was, in most respects, a disappointing year ; even the trip 
to Washington hardly relieved the general monotony, though 
the Committee in charge did all in their power to make the 
visit a success. 




GEORGE E. HENRY 
Post Commander, 1903 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 
Nineteen Hundred Three 

Honored by Department Officers. Patriots' Day. Memorial 
Services. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., Orator. Dedi- 
cation of Statue of General Joseph Hooker. The Thirty- 
fourth Anniversary. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander 
George E. Henry. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY NATIONAL SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER 

WILLIAM M. OLIN, OF POST NO. 26, ROXBURY, ASSISTED BY 

PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOHN E. OILMAN 

Commander George E. Henry. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . George H. Graves. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . Charles B. Amory. 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon Dr. William H. Ruddick. 

Chaplain Rev. "Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day .... James D. Leatherbee. 
Officer of the Guard . . . Henry G. Weston. 

Sergeant Major • George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster Sergeant . . James S. Barrows. 

[ Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Council of Administration . Paul H. Kendricken and 

[ George F. Hall. 
(Augustine Sanderson, from July 1, vice Kendricken resigned.) 

[ Charles B. Adams, Ch., 
Trustees of Post Bowdoin S. Parker and 

[ James S. Barrows. 

[ Wilmon W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . Albert W. Hersey and 

[ Ira B. Goodrich. 

HONORED BY DEPARTMENT OFFICERS 

AT the first meeting sixty-five members and fifteen visiting 
Comrades were present, including Department Com- 
mander Blackmar. Department Senior Vice-Commander Judd 

215 



216 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

and Assistant Adjutant-General Preble. It proved a very lively 
and enjoyable occasion. 

patriots' day 

On Sunday, April 19, the Post, by special invitation, attended 
the unveiling of a portrait to the memory of Rev. John Lathrop, 
the Revolutionary preacher of 1774, at the Second Church, 
Copley Square, and were selected to represent the Soldiers of 
the War for the Union ; other organizations were also present 
or represented at the services. 

MEMORIAL EXERCISES 

Preparatory to Memorial Day the Post attended the First 
Universalist Church, Roxbury, Sunday, May 24, and listened' 
to an admirable address by Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, the 
pastor. 

The usual addresses were made by members of the Post at 
the patriotic exercises held at the public and parochial schools 
in the city during the week. On the 30th the full programme of 
the day was faithfully carried out. 

At the Temple, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., delivered 
an address of remarkable thought and force, which many con- 
sidered one of his best efforts. 

DINNER 

At the afternoon reunion at Young's, the entertainment 
consisted of music by Daggett's Orchestra and speeches by guests 
and others. Commander Henry presided, and Comrade Rev. 
Edward Anderson made a rattling Toast-master, whose bright, 
crisp, breezy sayings and stories interspersed throughout the 
postprandial exercises proved a highly pleasing feature of the 
occasion. 

Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief William M. Olin spoke in 
his customary happy vein ; Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. 
Horton paid a sympathetic tribute to the memory of the 
late Admiral Belknap. Hon. James J. Myers, Captain J. 
Stearns Cushing, Commander of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company, Captain John Read, U. S. Navy (retired) , 
Past Department Commander John E. Oilman, Rev. Frederick 



HONOR TO GENERAL HOOKER 217 

W. Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. Hawkins, Com- 
mander of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans, spoke pleas- 
antly. It was a sympathetic and enjoyable meeting of 
Comrades. 

HONOR TO GENERAL HOOKER 

The 25th of June marked a memorable day for the city and 
the Veterans of the Civil War, in the dedication of the beauti- 
ful equestrian statue of General Joseph Hooker, a statue pe- 
titioned for by Poot No. 113 six years before. It was erected 
by the Commonwealth on the State House grounds, fronting 
Beacon Street. The military and civic parade composed of the 
M. V. M., Veterans of the War for the Union and Spanish War, 
Sons of Veterans and patriotic societies was of unusual interest 
and was witnessed by a vast concourse of citizens congregated 
for miles on the streets constituting the line of march and upon 
the Common and State House grounds. Commander George 
E. Henry had the great honor of leading the members of his old 
regiment, the 1st Massachusetts Infantry, wearing the same 
uniform that he wore as an officer of that regiment forty years 
before. Comrade James Leatherbee carried the regimental 
Flag and Past Commander George A. Sawin the corps flag of 
the Army of the Potomac. The Post also had representatives 
in numerous other bodies that took part in the parade. It was 
a notable occasion and fittingly commemorated the valuable 
service of Massachusetts' great soldier. 

At the exercises in the evening at Mechanics Building the Post 
and its colors were present, and our Honorary Life Associate, 
General Charles P. Mattocks, delivered the Oration. Past 
Commander Thomas R. Mathews was chairman of the com- 
mittee on the grand banquet of the Society of the Army of the 
Potomac, held at the Hotel Somerset on the evening of the 
26th, at which many of the Comrades of the Post were present. 

THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY 

On Saturday, November 21, the annual banquet was held at 
Young's Hotel. Commander Henr>- presided, and Past De- 
partment Commander Blackmar officiated as Toast-master. 
The evening was one of rare onjo\nnent. good comradeship and 
elevated sentiments. Among the speakers were Mr. Justice 



218 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Schofield of the Superior Court bench, PoUce Commissioner 
Emmons, Brigadier-General Edmund Rice, Commander Orrin 
L. Stone, Sons of Veterans, and Major Buford of Nashville, 
Tennessee, formerly of the 3d Tennessee Infantry, C. S. A. 

MINOR EVENTS 

February 11, members attended the twenty-fourth Anniver- 
sary of the Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps held at the 
People's Church on Columbus Avenue. Addresses were made 
by Commander-in-Chief Stewart, Mrs. L. J. Taylor, National 
President Woman's Relief Corps, Lieutenant-Governor Guild, 
Commander Henry and others. 

At the April meeting Comrade Bowdoin S. Parker was ap- 
pointed Post Historian. 

The principal social entertainments of the year were, in 
March, a paper by Comrade Walter Allen, on "Frederick Doug- 
lass, the Fugitive Slave and his Times " ; in April, Comrade Rev. 
Edward Anderson gave "Personal Reminiscences of the War in 
the Southwest " ; at the October meeting Comrade Daniel 
Eldredge of Post No. 121 gave a talk on "Port Royal and Fort 
Fisher"; and Miss Mabelle L. Blake gave two recitations. 
In November, Comrade Edward J. Jones spoke on "Mexico," 
aided by fine stereopticon views ; while in December, Past 
Department Commander Blackmar gave an interesting account 
of his recent visit to the Sandwich Islands, Japan, China and 
Manila, illustrated with stereopticon. 

The deaths were Comrades Charles W. Wilson, May 28, 
Caleb W. Hodgdon, July 4, and James A. Wallace, November 
20. 

COMMANDER GEORGE E. HENRY 

Service, Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieuten- 
ant and Captain. 

14th Veteran Reserve Corps. 1st Sergeant ; 
Brevet Major. 

Provisional Brigade. Aide-de-Camp and Asst.- 
Adjutant-General. 

Commander Henry was an early member of Post No. 113, 
but withdrew after a few years. He resumed his membership 
with the Post in 1891, since which time he took an active part 



COMMANDER GEORGE E. HENRY 219 

in Post matters and held a variety of official positions. Being 
naturally what is termed a "good worker," he discharged the 
duties of every office with ability and zeal. Under his admin- 
istration the meetings increased in attendance, and the old 
interest rapidly returned. 

Although no public function of moment was held during the 
year, all the usual business of the Post and customary events 
were promptly and efficiently handled. 

He left the Post stronger and more united at the conclusion 
of his term than when he assumed the commandership. He 
passed beyond, December 31, 1907. His funeral was largely 
attended by the Comrades, and the G. A. R. service was given 
by the Post. 



CHAPTER XXXIX 

Nineteen Hundred Four 

The Banner Year. Death of ex-Confederate Lieutenant-Gen- 
ERAL Gordon. Memorial Services. Comrade Rev. Edward 
Anderson, Orator. The Thirty-Eighth National Encamp- 
ment. The Grand Parade. The Election of Past Department 
Commander Blackmar, Commander-in-Chief. "Old Glory 
Everywhere." "The Best Ever." Reunion of the "Blue 
AND Gray." Notable Letters from ex-Confederates. "Blue 
AND Gray" in Faneuil Hall. Noted Speeches of Great 
Orators. Presentation of Loving Cup by Lafayette to Kins- 
ley. Old Bugle Calls. Southern Feeling. Fruitage of 
THE "113" Idea. Post No. 113 Honored. Reception to Com- 
mander-in-Chief Blackmar. Thirty-Fifth Anniversary. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander George H. Graves. 

THE officers were installed by Past Department Commander 
Peter D. Smith, assisted by Past Department Com- 
mander Silas A. Barton, at one of the most enjoyable meetings 
of the year. 

Commander George H. Graves. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . Charles B. Amory. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . John G. Butler. 

(William H. Ruddick, vice Butler resigned.) 

Adjutant James Bruerton. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon William H. Ruddick, M.D. 

(Horace E. Marion, M.D., vice Ruddick elected J. V. C.) 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day .... James D. Leatherbee. 
Officer of the Guard . . . William P. Smith. 

Sergeant-Major George W. Brooks. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . James S. Barrows. 

(Augustine Sanderson, vice Barrows deceased.) 

iEpHRAiM B. Stillings, Ch., 
George F. Hall, and 
Augustine Sanderson. 
220 




GEORGE H. GRAVES 
Post Commander, 1904 



THE BANNER YEAR 221 

IChahles C. Adams, Ch., 
BowDoiN S. Parker, and 
James S. Barrows. 
(William H. Alline, vice Barrows deceased.) 
fWiLMON W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . j Albert W. Hersey, and 

[Ira B. Goodrich. 

the banner year 

Nineteen hundred four may well be called the banner year 
of Post No. 113. No year in its history brought the Post so 
prominently before the national organization of the (irand 
Army or so favorably impressed its individuality upon the 
country at large. The important influence of the Post in 
matters connected with the great National Encampment at 
Boston, in August ; the unanimous choice of one of its Comrades 
to the highest office in the Grand Army ; and the unique effort 
of the Post to carry out its well-considered policy of cementing 
the friendship of the two great sections of our country, estranged 
by the Civil War, into a more perfect union of hearts and hands, 
with the glow and warmth of patriotic ardor to maintain and 
perpetuate our Great Republic as the Nation of Liberty, Equal 
Rights and Unity, furnished a bright chapter in the annals of 
"113" which time will not obscure nor space obliterate from the 
history of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GORDON 

At the first meeting of the year an index of the feeling and 
intentions of the Post was given by the adoption of sympathetic 
resolutions upon the death of Lieutenant-General John B. 
Gordon, the noted ex-Confederate officer. 

The resolutions referred to General Gordon 

"as one who cherished no bitterness in defeat, and whose influence 
was always exerted in the direction of a permanent restoration of the 
Union, as well as promoting cordial relations between the Veterans 
of the two armies." 

A copy was sent to Mrs. Gordon, who gratefully acknowledged 
the same in fitting words. 

The Post's acquaintance with General Gordon came through 



222 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

his visit to Boston, November 4, 1895, at which time he delivered 
a lecture in Music Hall as heretofore mentioned. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

Sunday, May 29, the Post attended a Memorial service at 
Berkeley Temple. 

On the 30th the full Memorial Day services were carried out 
with the customary elaborateness of detail at Tremont Temple. 

Comrade Rev. Edward Anderson was Orator of the day, and 
the music was furnished by the First Cadet Band and vocalists. 
The following selections were rendered with fine effect: "To 
Thee, oh, Country" was sung by a male quartette; "The 
Vacant Chair," by Mr. Johnson, Mr. Delmont, and a male chorus ; 
" The Star-Spangled Banner" and "All Hail America," by Mrs. 
Carrie Hooker and chorus; "Lead Kindly Light," by male 
chorus; and "Face to Face," by Mr. Johnson. 

Comrade Anderson gave an interesting resume of the facts 
of the war for the Union, mingled with personal reminiscences 
of the troubles in Kansas. It was listened to with great satis- 
faction by a large audience. 

DINNER 

At two o'clock the Post, Associates, and guests assembled at 
Young's Hotel, and a pleasant social occasion was enjoyed. 

Commander Graves presided, and Past Commander Goodrich 
acted as Toast-master. The following gentlemen were suc- 
cessively introduced : Police Commissioner W. H. H. Emmons, 
Rev. Mr. Stockdale, Past Department Commander Blackmar, 
Associates Hon. James J. Myers, Rev. Dr. Hamilton, and Rev. 
Thomas Van Ness. 

THE THIRTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

The really important events of the year clustered about 
the National Encampment held in Boston, after an interval of 
fourteen years. Upon the several committees having in charge 
the arrangements and details of the Encampment were the 
following sixteen Comrades of Post No. 113, viz. — Rev. Ed- 
ward Anderson, Charles B. Amory, Charles C. Adams, Wilmon 
W. Blackmar, James Bruerton, Alexander M. Ferris, Rev. 
Edward A. Horton, George E. Henry, George F. Hall, Paul H. 



THE THIRTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 223 

Kendricken, Dr. Horace E. Marion, Bowdoin S. Parker, Al- 
bert A. Pope, Ephraim B. Stillings, Charles H. Taylor and 
Cranmore N. Wallace. 

The week of August 15, 1904, will ever remain a fruitful 
theme at the Camp Fires and in the homes of thousands of 
Grand Army Veterans dispersed from Maine to California. 

The general programme for the week was as follows : 

Monday. — Parade of the ex-Prisoners of War, Naval Brigade, 
Naval Jackies and Marines. Grand receptions at the Hotel Vendome 
by the National Woman's Relief Corps, and the Department of Massa- 
chusetts Woman's Relief Corps. 

Tuesday. — Grand Parade of the Grand Army ; Consolidated 
G. A. R. Camp Fire at the Mechanics Building and Reception of 
Daughters of Veterans at Hotel Vendome. 

Wednesday. — National Encampment Delegates of the G. A. R. 
at Symphony Hall ; National Conventions of Woman's Relief Corps, 
Daughters of Veterans and Ladies' Aid Society ; all held in the Tre- 
mont Temple Building, and a River carnival in the evening at Waltham. 

Thursday. — Continuation of Encampment at Symphony Hall 
and Conventions in Tremont Temple ; Automobile parade and excur- 
sions. Electric parade in the evening. Woman's Relief Corps Camp 
Fire in Mechanics Building. 

Friday. — Excursions and visits to historic places. 

Saturday. — Steamboat excursion to view the Battle-ships and 
manoeuvres. 

Each evening during the week a magnificent electrical display was 
given, extending from Park Street across the Common and Public 
Garden to the Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue. 

On Monday, August 15, General John C. Black, Commander- 
in-Chief, established his headquarters at the Hotel Vendome, 
and the Comrades from every part of the Union poured into 
and possessed themselves of the city. 

The first duty of Post No. 113 as a body was the welcoming 
again to Boston of Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York. The 
Lafayettes arrived with full ranks, Monday afternoon; they 
made a handsome appearance and took up their quarters at 
the Hotel Lenox; Commander Joseph J. Little, Senior Vice- 
Commander Patrick H. Murphy, Junior Vice-Commander Fred 
C. Barger. 

The parade of the prisoners of war, Kearsarge Naval Veterans, 
U. S. Jackies and Marines, was an interesting event, and Post 
No. 113 was well represented in the first two organizations. 



224 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

THE GRAND PARADE 

On Tuesday the monster parade of the Grand Army War 
Veterans took place. The weather was superb and the en- 
thusiasm unbounded. 

Post No. 113 had the honor of leading the column as the per- 
sonal escort of the Commander-in-Chief John C. Black, while 
Comrades Cranmore N. Wallace and Bowdoin S. Parker served 
as his mounted personal Aides-de-Camp. 

It was a wonderful event, considering the nearly forty years 
which had elapsed since the close of the Civil AVar. About 
thirty thousand men were in line ; the Massachusetts Depart- 
ment turning out nearly ten thousand Veterans in magnificent 
form. The like event will never again be seen in Massachusetts' 
Capital. It is believed that the number of persons congregated 
to view the parade, August 16, was by far the largest ever assem- 
bled in the streets of Boston. 

ELECTION OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 

The crowning event of the Encampment proper, for Post 
No. 113 was the choice of our highly esteemed first Post Com- 
mander, Wilmon W. Blackmar, as Commander-in-Chief of the 
Grand Army of the Republic for the year 1904-5. 

Prior to 1900 the Post took little interest in what has been 
denominated " Grand Army Politics," either in the Depart- 
ment or National organization. Department Commanders and 
Commanders-in-Chief came, performed their part and retired, 
but "113" was serene in its own individuality and neither ex- 
ercised nor cared to exercise any special influence in Grand 
Army elections or legislation. In 1900, however, it awoke to 
the fact that in Comrade Blackmar it had a Comrade who 
would be an ideal candidate for any official position. Steps 
were accordingly taken to bring about his election to a Depart- 
ment office, and to avoid displacing any officers who were tech- 
nically deemed "in the line of promotion," nominated him for 
Department Junior Vice-Commander, to which office he was 
elected. He subsequently filled the offices of Department 
Senior Vice-Commander and Commander. 

His candidacy for Commander-in-Chief was first considered 
at the January meeting of the Post in 1904, and the following 



WILMON W. BLACKMAR 225 

committee was selected to bring the matter before the Depart- 
ment Encampment, viz. — Comrades George E. Henry, Bowdoin 
S. Parker, Ephraim B. StiUings, and Rev. Edward Anderson. 

Upon the first day of the Encampment at Faneuil Hall, Feb- 
ruary 9, Past Commander George F. Hall, who had been 
selected to present Past Commander Blackmar's name, in an 
admirable speech nominated him as Massachusetts' candidate 
for Commander-in-Chief. The Encampment at once adopted 
our candidate, and the Department delegates to the National 
Encampment were instructed to present his name and urge his 
election. 

The members of the Post were indefatigable before and 
during the Encampment in exerting their influence, both singly 
and collectively, for the success of Past Department Com- 
mander Blackmar, which finally resulted in the withdrawing 
of all candidates from other Departments and his unanimous 
election. It was a proud and happy day equally for our Com- 
rade Blackmar and the Post. 

" OLD GLORY " EVERYWHERE 

The city was handsomely decorated in elaborate and beautiful 
designs, while "Old Glory" was proudly waving everywhere. 

The electrical display was certainly the finest and most en- 
chanting sight imaginable . Thousands upon thousands thronged 
the streets and public grounds by day and night the entire 
week. 

"the best ever" 

By general consent, the National Encampment of 1904 was 
one of the largest, finest and best in every detail ever held by 
the Grand Army. From distant parts of the country came 
Comrades, many making their first visit to New England, 
while numerous others came to renew the scenes of their youth 
or to enjoy the associations formed at the prior Encampment 
of 1890. The scenes of the Revolutionary struggles were 
visited with an interest few of us can appreciate, and all returned 
with a quickened patriotism and a more enduring confidence 
in the future power and greatness of our noble Republic. 

One and all were lavish in their praise of the unbounded hos- 
pitality afforded them on every hand, and the thoughtful care 



226 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

bestowed in numerous ways deeply impressed every visitor. 
Well may we be proud of our Commonwealth, our City and our 
individual citizens, who vied with each other in according a 
greeting that could not be excelled in its warmth and generous 
kindly feeling. 

After the Encampment, letters were received by Depart- 
ment Headquarters from almost every State in the Union, prais- 
ing in the highest terms the hospitality of Massachusetts Com- 
rades. The excursions by land and sea, the great Camp Fires, 
the Carnival at Waltham, the illuminations, the decorations, 
the courtesy and kindness of the Police, citizens, and Comrades 
on all occasions of the eventful week, have been referred to 
with appreciative and loving words. 

REUNION OF THE BLUE AND GRAY 

"If thou didst ever see a hand cut off, or a foot, or a head, lying 
anywhere apart from the rest of the body, such does a man make 
himself, as far as he can, who is not content with what happens, and 
separates himself from others, or does anything unsocial. Suppose 
that thou hast detached thyself from the natural unity — for thou 
wast made by nature a part, but now thou hast cut thyself off — yet 
here there is this beautiful provision, that it is in thy power again to 
unite thyself. God has allowed this to no other part, after it has been 
separated and cut asunder, to come together again. But consider 
the kindness by which he has distinguished man, for he has put it in 
his power not to be separated at all from the universal ; and when he 
has been separated, he has allowed him to return and to be united 
and to resume his place as a part." 

— Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. 

The sentiments of the members of Post No. 113 toward 
the men who fought against them in the Civil War was illus- 
trated in their entertainment of General Joseph Wheeler in 1899. 
But in order that the feeling of good-will and conciliation be- 
tween the two sections of the country might be still further 
cemented, the Post deemed the National Encampment at Boston 
a peculiarly favorable opportunity to show the people of both 
sections that the animosities of war, as far as the Veterans 
upon both sides were concerned, had ceased and that they were 
now reunited in the support and enjoyment of one common 
Country and one Flag. To this end it was decided to invite 
a goodly number of representative ex-Confederate Veterans 



THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 227 

of the Civil War residing in different Southern States to 
visit Boston and become the guests of Post No. 113 during the 
Encampment week. The committee to carry out the proposed 
programme were greatly aided by Mr. Edward C. Brush, an 
ex-Confederate Veteran, living in Boston. 

INVITATION 

The following invitation was issued and sent to each of the 
ex-Confederate Veterans selected. 

"Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R. 
"Department of Massachusetts, 
"Headquarters, Odd Fellows Building, 

" Boston, June, 1904. 

!'To 

*' Dear Sir : 
"The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic 
is to be held in Boston during the week beginning August 15, next. 

"Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, of the Department of Massa- 
chusetts, by many acts in the past, have endeavored to show what has 
seemed to them the proper spirit by cordial and friendly conduct to 
their countrymen of the Southern States who wore the gray, and who 
are to-day compatriots with us in a united country ; we are still earnest 
in our desire to continue this good work. 

"It is my very great pleasure, as Commander of this Post, to inform 
you that by a unanimous vote of its members, I am directed to extend 
to you a most cordial invitation to be present in old Faneuil Hall on 
the evening of Monday, August 15. We are to have with us on that 
occasion as our guests, Lafayette Post of New York, many of the 
distinguished officials of our State and City, our Commander-in-Chief, 
General John C. Black, who has recently had a most delightful expe- 
rience among your Comrades in the South, and we have the strong 
hope that we shall be favored with the presence of our President, 
and that we may also have about twenty-five of your representative 
Comrades. 

"We are to be assisted by Mr. Edward C. Brush, one of your Com- 
rades at present domiciled in our City, and we hope you will aid him 
in his efforts by your presence on that occasion, which we are sure will 
be appreciated not only by our own Post, but by the citizens generally 
of this Commonwealth, and even by the nation at large. 
"With sincerity and respect, 

" Geo. H. Graves, 

"Commander.'' 

The invitations were answered with the utmost cordiality 
and good-will, and the replies received indicated that the re- 



228 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

union of the Blue and Gray in Faneuil Hall would be the most 
notable since the close of the War. 

A few extracts subjoined will indicate the tone and sentiment 
of all. 

From Colonel Henry Watterson 

" Louisville, Ky., June 22, 1904. 
" My dear Sir : 

"I am not only most highly honored, but most deeply touched 
and gratified by your letter of the 20th, which has just reached me. 
I wish it were possible to be with you the coming 15th of August. 
Nothing less than imperative engagements calling me to another 
part of the country could keep me away. Believe that if absent in 
person, I shall be with you heartily in spirit. 

"The war is over, and well over. Whether it could have been 
averted we shall never know. Two conflicting schools of thought, 
two antagonistic systems of labor, slowly but surely erecting them- 
selves within certain well-defined geographic partitions. Seventy 
and one years that which was in the beginning built upon compromise 
was held together by compromise. The last thirty years of the struggle 
between irreconcilable conditions and opposing ideas revealed an ever 
increasing intensity of feeling, an ever widening area of conviction in 
what had become, long before the guns of Beauregard opened fire 
upon Fort Sumter, little other than two hostile camps. The framers 
of the Constitution, unable to agree, had left the relation of the States 
to the Federal Government open to a fatal double construction. The 
battlefield seemed the only court of last resort. Into that dread tri- 
bunal each litigant brought the best that was in him. All minor 
differences, all doubts and all fears, were sunk in the single issue of the 
Union on the one side and the Confederacy on the other. The law of 
Force against Force alone was to decide. It did decide, and the deci- 
sion, which was equally complete and final, left nothing to wish for 
by the North, nothing to hope for by the South. 

"I belonged to that great body of conservative men in the South 
— my home was in Tennessee — who resisted the disunion movement 
to the last. The debate ended — - war at hand — forced to take sides, 
we sided with the South and against the North ; and, in doing so, we 
had to stifle many convictions and sensibilities. Millions of us loved 
the Union. Millions of us detested slavery. Millions of us denied the 
doctrine of secession. We may not argue now who brought the battle 
on — it was battle — and the same Anglo-Saxon and Scotch-Irish 
blood which welled up in the North welled up in us ; we fought, and 
we fought to a finish ; there is no looking backward, there are no 
regrets. Grant was the first peacemaker. Lee gave himself as a 
hostage for the rest of us. Two Confederate Generals wear the blue 
again, and the gray worships at its shrines without so much as a sus- 
picion of disloyalty ; yea, with the encouragement and sympathy of 
every true soldier of the North. 



CORDIAL LETTERS FROM EX-CONFEDERATES 229 

"Happy issue, happy all of us who have lived to see it. Let us 
not, either North or South, wring our hearts by recalling the past — 
the drums and tramplings of the legions — nor the faces, nor the tones 
of the dead — but let us rather feel that they died not in vain. Let 
Massachusetts rejoice that out of the wreck, the Southern people 
saved their reason, their racehood, and their manhood. If another day 
of travail should overtake the reunited Sections, the North will surely 
find in the South a shield and a buckler alike against the organized 
rapacity and corruption of Mammon and the militant insanity of 
agrarianism, forbidding a second 'irrepressible conflict' forbidding 
the threatened collision between Capital and Labor ; forbidding it in 
the name of the Constitution which assures us uniformity of laws ; 
in the name of the Government, which, whilst enforcing those laws, will 
mete out exact justice to all men and compel among all the people 
equality of opportunity. 

"Again thanking you for your hospitable invitation, and asking 
to be remembered to all the members of Edward W. Kinsley Post, I 
remain, etc., 

"Henry Watterson." 

From Major Edward Buford 

"Nashville, Tenn., June 20, 1904. 
"Dear Sir: 

"Your letter of 6/9 reached me in due time. I write to thank 
you for the invitation and to say that unless some unlooked-for acci- 
dent shall occur to prevent, I will certainly avail myself of the invita- 
tion and will be in Boston on August 15, and give myself the pleas- 
ure of again mingling with the members of Kinsley Post No. 113. The 
recollection of the delightful evening November 20, '93, which I 
spent as a guest at the Annual Banquet of your Post at Young's Hotel, 
is still fresh in my memory, and I shall enjoy renewing the pleasant 
acquaintances begun on that occasion. 

"We have had this week in Nashville a reunion of Confederate 
Soldiers, and it was very gratifying to me to see how completely the 
bitterness engendered at the Civil War has passed away. The Con- 
federate Soldiers have turned their eyes to the future, and are as 
devoted to our Country and its Flag as any people in the United States. 
I hope before I die to be able to see the soldiers of both armies meet 
together and affiliate as citizens of a common country, and I believe it 
will be done at some time in the future. The sentiments expressed in 
your letter touched me very nearly, and I thank you for them. I shall 
always be glad to do anything in my power to bring about a perfect 
reconciliation between the two sections, and I believe the best way to 
do that is to bring representative men from the two sections together. 
Again thanking you for the invitation, I am, etc. 

"Edward Buford." 



230 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

From General B. F. Eshlman 

"New Orleans, La., July 29, 1904. 
"Dear Sir: 

"I acknowledge with grateful thanks the invitation to be present 
on the 15th proximo at the Old Faneuil Hall on the occasion of your 
National Encampment and assure you it will give me great pleasure 
to unite with you on that occasion. 

"The commendable work of your Post in bringing together in 
friendly fellowship the compatriots of our united and glorious country 
is one that has been recognized by the best people of the South as well 
as the North, and is a strong rebuke to those who would keep up de- 
plorable agitations. 

"Yours very trulj^ etc. 

"B. F. Eshlman." 

From Colonel William E. Cameron 

"Petersburg, Va., June 28, 1904. 
"Dear Sir: 

"In acknowledging the kind invitation conveyed in your favor of the 
27th, to be present as the guest of Edward W. Kinsley Post, G. A. R., 
at Faneuil Hall on the evening of August 15, I beg to express my 
appreciation of the fraternal spirit which prompts the courtesy extended 
to myself and other Confederate Veterans. I regret that feeble health 
will preclude my acceptance, for I am sure that those of my Comrades 
who are able to attend will have cordial welcome and generous hospi- 
tality. 

"I am. Sir, etc. 

"William E. Cameron." 

From Colonel Stephen D. Lee 

"Columbus, Miss., June 20, 1904. 
"Dear Sir: 

"I have your very pleasant letter of recent date, in which you, as 
Commander of your Post, extend to me a most cordial invitation to be 
your guest, and to be present in old Faneuil Hall on the evening of 
Monday, August 15, at the meeting of the National Encampment of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. I am personally aware of the broad 
spirit and cordial and friendly conduct of your Post toward the people 
of the South. I respect in every way this broad and philanthropic 
action. The Veterans of the South fidly accepted the results of our 
great Civil War, and, since they laid down their arms, have been true 
and loyal to our reunited country, and have ever striven to do all in 
their power to add to its glory and prosperity. 

"I regret that my engagements are such that I will not be able 
to accept your kind invitation to be present as your guest. 

"It is my privilege to know General John C. Black. He was a 
visitor at our grand reunion at Dallas, Tex. Would that every citizen 



CORDIAL LETTERS FROM KX-CONFEDERATES 231 

of our great Republic was as broad minded as he is, and as are the 
Comrades of your Post. 

"With kindest wishes, 

"Yours truly, etc. 

"Stephen D. Lee." 

From Colonel William G. Vincent 

"New Orleans, La., June 21, 1904. 
"Dear Sir : 

"I recognize in the invitation extended to me, and the action of 
Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R., Department of Massa- 
chusetts, that lofty spirit of chivalry and patriotism which is innate 
in the true American Soldier, and of w^hich the Massachusetts Soldier 
is the most fitting emblem, and the sentiments which you express 
strike a responsive chord in our hearts. 

" The past — with its grand memories of heroic deeds and untold 
sacrifices — serves but to draw us closer together, for we on both sides 
lived up to and did our duty with the lights that were before us. We 
each staked our lives on what we thought to be right, and true men 
could do no more, nor no less. 

"Fate and destiny l^rought the arbitration of the sw^ord, and which 
seemed the sole solution of the vexed questions at issue of the times, 
and when the smoke of battles passed and the final arbitrament was 
arrived at, found us again a united and great people — one flag and 
one country. 

"I am under great obligations to the members of Edward W. Kinsley 
Post No. 113, G. A. R., Department of Massachusetts, and I would 
esteem it a great honor for some opportunity to even partially recip- 
rocate. 

"It will afford me profound satisfaction to be present on August 
15, 1904, at Faneuil Hall, — that cradle of Liberty, — ■ my health 
permitting. 

"I beg to assure you that I am always most willing and ready to 
reciprocate those fraternal feelings which we old Soldiers can most 
appreciate. 

" Very truly yours, etc. 

"William G. Vincent." 

From Colonel George Clark 

"Waco, Texas, July 8, 1904. 
"Dear Sir: 

"I beg to acknowledge receipt of your very kind favor of July 2 
extending me an in\dtation by direction of the unanimous vote of the 
members of your Post, to be present in Faneuil Hall on Monday, 
August 15. 

"Nothing would afford me greater pleasure than to be present on 
such an occasion, and I shall make every effort to be with you and to 



232 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

join with you in a demonstration of that spirit of fraternal cordiality 
so essential to the preservation of our glorious institutions. 
."With renewed thanks, I beg to remain, etc. 

."George Clark." 

EX-CONFEDERATES WELCOMED 

Monday afternoon, August 15, the Post Committee welcomed 
our Southern guests to Boston, and escorted them to the Algon- 
quin Club House, on Commonwealth Avenue, where an in- 
formal but elegant luncheon was served, to the harmonizing 
strains of music floating in the summer breeze. The officers 
of the Post, with the general committee and a special reception 
committee, extended the courtesies of the occasion to our ex- 
Confederate friends. 

While this was going on, the members of the Post assembled in 
the hall adjacent to the luncheon room. At the conclusion of 
the meal, amid the cheers of the "boys," the doors were opened 
and the guests of the day were each personally escorted about 
the hall and introduced to every member of the Post pre.sent. 
Grand and hearty words were spoken, and the good-will exhibited 
on every face told truly of the heartfelt emotions of the meeting 
of ex-Soldiers and now joint heirs of a common heritage. 

The party of guests consisted of the follo^ving gentlemen, rep- 
resenting different sections of the South, with the organization 
or branch of the Confederate army in which each served, viz. : — 

Hon. Cyrus B. Watson, Winston-Salen, N. C. Sergeant Infantry, 

Rodes' Division. 
CoL. Wilson G. Lamb, Williamston, N. C. Lieutenant and Adjutant, 

17th North Carolina Infantry. 
General W. I. Behan, New Orleans, La. Lieutenant, Washington 

Artillery. 
General B. F. Eshelman, New Orleans, La. Lieutenant-Colonel, 

commanding Washington Artillery. 
Mr. a. R. Blakely, New Orleans, La. Private Washington Artil- 
lery, Longstreet's Corps. 
Colonel John N. Simpson, Dallas, Texas. 2d Lieutenant, General 

Dibrell's Staff. 
Colonel Frank M. Thompson, Texarkana, Ark. Arkansas Regiment. 
Judge Luke W. Finlay, Memphis, Tenn. Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th 

Tennessee Infantry, Strahl's Brigade, Cheatham's Division. 
Judge Jake L. Galloway, Memphis, Tenn. 1st Lieutenant, 

4th Tennessee Infantry. 
Major Edward Buford, Nashville, Tenn. Private 3d Tennessee 

Infantry, Hardee's Corps. 



EX-CONFEDERATES WELCOMED 233 

General John B. Castleman, Louisville, Ky. Morgan's Cavalry. 

Mr. Thomas C. Timberlake, Louisville, Ky. Private Infantry. 

Mr. Wm. Henry Johnson, 1st Lieutenant, 1st South Carolina Reg- 
ulars. 

Mr. Edward C. Brush, Private, 10th Florida Infantry, Florida, 
Brigade, Mahone's Division, Army Northern Virginia. 

BANQUET OF BLUE AND GRAY IN FANEUIL HALL 

"In every feast remember that there are two guests to be enter- 
tained, the body and the soul ; and that what you give the body you 
presently lose, but what you give the soul remains forever." 

— ^Epictetus. 

Monday evening the Comrades of Lafayette and Kinsley — 
the latter accompanied by their Southern visitors — repaired to 
Faneuil Hall, where, with Post No. 113 as host, the assembly 
sat down together to partake of the cheer provided. Grouped 
at a large number of small tables, with Comrades of the Post 
sandwiched with the guests at each table, the social hour quickly 
sped as the viands and music were enjoyed. The company were 
then called to order by Commander Graves, who in a most 
appropriate and felicitous speech welcomed all to this happy 
reunion in the "Cradle of Liberty." 

WELCOME BY COMMANDER GRAVES 

"Comrades of Lafayette Post, our old-time friends and special 
guests ; gentlemen from the Southern States, also our special guests ; 
Comrades of the Blue and the Gray, and other distinguished guests — 
Would that I had the power of speech to fittingly express to you the 
cordial, whole-souled welcome which we feel, and which my Comrades 
of Edward W. Kinsley Post expect me, as their commander, to convey 
to you. 

"I confess that I feel somewhat embarrassed in attempting to speak 
from this time-honored platform, and within these sacred walls, where 
oratory of a high order has been sounded, from the early town meeting 
time down to the present — the cradle of liberty, where the gallant 
sons of liberty were rocked and nurtured — in old Faneuil Hall, where 
such patriots as the intrepid Samuel Adams, who was ready to strike 
hard from the shoulder for the rights of man, at all times and on all 
occasions ; his illustrious, though more conservative, cousin, John 
Adams, the stanch advocate of independence ; the brilliant, wealthy 
and influential John Hancock, whose bold signature was among the 
first affixed to the Declaration of Independence — and men of that 
stamp, proclaimed and stood for the rights of life, liberty and the 
pursuit of happiness. 



234 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"Patriots of other colonies were deeply interested in what was 
being done here ; such as Alexander Hamilton, New York's patriot 
and financier ; Washington, Henry, Jefferson and others of the South- 
ern colonies. 

"The name of Lafayette, which your noble Post bears, carries us 
back to those same days ; therefore this seems an appropriate place for 
holding this meeting. 

ON HISTORIC GROUND 

"Comrades, it is historic ground all around us — over here a little 
distance stands the old North Church, from the belfry of which lan- 
terns flashed out the signal to Paul Revere on that eventful night ; out 
here a little way is the Old South Meeting-house, with its historic 
record ; a little nearer is the old State House, with its relics of bygone 
days ; within a stone's throw — out in State Street — is the spot 
where the first blood of the Revolution was shed. 

"We are almost under the shadow of Bunker Hill, on the one hand, 
Dorchester Heights on the other, and right under the flare of the 
lights on Beacon Hill ; Lexington and Concord are within easy dis- 
tance. With these associations, these surroundings and under these 
circumstances, the spirit of patriotism should thrill every heart, quicken 
the blood in every vein and loosen every tongue. 

"But those inspirations will fall upon the speakers who will follow 
later in the evening. My purpose is to bid you welcome, and it gives 
me much pleasure, and I esteem it a great privilege to extend to you, 
in behalf of the Comrades of Edward W. Kinsley Post, a most cordial 
welcome to this somewhat unique entertainment, and express the hope 
that you may, one and all, spend here an enjoyable and profitable 
evening. 

"I want to say a special word to our Southern friends, who have 
so nobly responded to our invitations and have travelled such distances 
to be with us to-night. It has been said that good surgery removes 
every splinter from the wound, in order that it may heal perfectly. 

"One of the central objects in inviting you to meet us here was that 
in ease any splinter, or trace of splinters, still festers in your wound, or 
in ours, it may be removed, in order that the breach of long ago may 
be perfectly healed ; also, that we might push forward, in some measure, 
the grand work inaugurated by your Grady, your Gordon, and others, 
and cultivate the feeling that we are all loyal Americans, supporting 
the grand old flag, which our forefathers planted (applause) and which 
our children and our children's children will protect. We bid you 
thrice welcome." (Applause.) 

Comrade Charles H. Taylor was then presented as the Toast- 
master of the evening. His introductory words were gems of 
thought and ready wit, all in harmony with the occasion. In 
referring to the Southern guests, he said : — 



REUNION IN FANKUIL HALL 235 

"But the unique and delightful feature of this occasion is the pres- 
ence of our friends from the South, the men who fought us, but are 
now our fellow-citizens ; and I want to make an emphatic statement 
in connection with them and the Spanish War. In addition to that, 
I want you to carrv this away : it was worth all that the Spanish W ar 
cost and all that these gold bricks have or may cost, to put the United 
States in the position where it is to-day, where an American citizen 
from the North or South or East or West will be respected by the 
people of every other nation all over the earth." {Applause.) 

Governor John L. Bates was first introduced, and delivered 
a glowing address of welcome to the Union and Confederate 
Veterans, which in matter and eloquence was rarely equalled. 

Governor Bates spoke as follows : — 

"Mr. Toast-master and Fellow-citizens: I am not here to make a 
speech, but to show by my presence and the few words that I may utter 
the welcome that all day long I have been trying to express in words as 
I have met the honored guests of the City and Commonwealth. 

"That you are all welcome, whether from one State or another, from 
North or South or East or West, must have already appeared to you. 
You have recognized the welcome in the decorations of the buildings 
that line the streets ; in the countenance of every citizen you have 
met ; and in the warm grasp of every hand you have taken. {Applause.) 

"The Toast-master has referred to some words of mine uttered on 
one of the most interesting journeys of my lifetime, when with the 
Massachusetts delegation I journeyed South last November. May I 
tell you about it briefly on this occasion when you have these Southern 
friends as your guests. , , „ , r j 

"As we sped South farther and farther, we looked for Mason and 
Dixon's line, but we could not find it. Whether we skipped over it 
or went under it, I cannot tell. We did not see it. We heard no harsh 
words; there were no forbidding faces, but everywhere, everything, 
and everybody seemed to welcome a Massachusetts delegation going 
South to dedicate a monument to Union soldiers. {Applause.) 

"So pleasant did it seem beneath those Southern skies, that, if 
not on the principle that the longest way around is the shortest way 
home certainly on the principle that for us the longest way was the 
pleasantost wav, we went to Vicksburg via New Orleans, and, although 
we had not announced that we were coming, yet the city fathers had 
heard of it and met us on our arrival. Greatly interested were we m 
that wonderful city redeemed from the water, and protected now by 
the providence of God and the mighty labors of men from the over- 
flowing of that great Father of Waters. We admired the beauty of the 
city and the enterprise of her people, but most of all were we touched 
bv their hospitality. 

' "At night reluctantly we boarded our train again and in the morn- 



236 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

ing we entered Vicksburg. We heard the guns booming, and after- 
ward learned that the Governor of Mississippi had ordered a salute 
fired in our honor. (Applause.) A Company of the Mississippi 
militia met us at the station and escorted us to the hotel. There we 
were bombarded with roses, and our rooms filled with beautiful flowers. 
We went to the heights overlooking the great river, and there we dedi- 
cated the first monument erected in Mississippi to the Union Soldier. 
The Mayor of the City attended our exercises and extended to us the 
City's welcome. The President of the Board of Trade joined with 
him. General Lee, he who had been the Aide that was sent by Beaure- 
gard to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter and had afterwards 
risen to high command in the Southern Army, extended also a cordial 
welcome, and the school children of Vicksburg, sons and daughters 
of Confederate soldiers, sang 'America' for us. (Applause.) When 
we sang the 'Star-Spangled Banner' all the people joined, and when 
the band played ' Dixie, ' our feet kept step with theirs, and there was a 
depth of meaning in every word spoken, and in every song sung, and 
in every grasp of the hand ; and that night the women of Vicksburg 
with their husbands came to the hotel and joined in greeting us, and 
when the women came we knew that not only the war of steel, but that 
the war of hearts, was over. It was an hour not to be forgotten. 
(Applause.) 

"To-night we are glad to welcome in the old Bay State these rep- 
resentatives of the Southern armies. We said at Vicksburg that Mas- 
sachusetts had closed the book of yesterdays, and that together 
Massachusetts and Vicksburg, North and South, were united in one 
sentiment, and that the sentiment you find written here (turning to 
the great picture behind), ' Liberty and Union Now and Forever.' (Ap- 
plause.) 

" Thank God that we have not to wait until the blue and the gray are 
all gathered beneath the sod and the dew waiting the judgment day to 
see the time when the glory of God comes marching on, but we can see 
it right here and now when in this old citadel of liberty the blue and 
the gray break bread together in Faneuil Hall." (Great applause.) 

The next speaker introduced was Comrade Rev. Edward 
Anderson of Post No. 113, who served as Chaplain and later 
Colonel, commanding a regiment of cavalry during the war. 
He made a stirring speech which thrilled his hearers repeatedly. 
He was interrupted by the entrance of Commander-in-Chief 
John C. Black, who affectionately embraced Colonel Anderson, 
as he came upon the platform, greeting him as an old Comrade 
in arms, both having served as officers in the same regiment, but 
who had not met each other for many years ; it was an affecting 
and dramatic scene. 

General Black was soon after called upon and delivered one 



ADDRESS OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BLACK 237 

of the most forcible and telling speeches of the evening. He 
received a warm welcome from Veterans and guests alike. 

ADDRESS OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BLACK 

^^ Commander, Comrades and Countrymen: 

"This life has for those who are observant strange and romantic 
situations. When I entered your hall to-night, all without concert 
on my part or that of the management, the voice that saluted my 
ears was one to which forty-three years ago I used to listen in rever- 
ence while, as he tells you, he prayed for us, whose spiritual guide he 
was, and whom I have heard but two or three times during all that 
span of a generation. 

"And now arriving among you, while the sweet and tender words of 
comradeship are still ringing in my ears, is indeed an event in the life 
of a man. For, in the troublous times then passing, he and I rode side 
by side discoursing of war and in his way of art and literature, until 
the golden days of the September of that first year of trouble came 
stored with the sweeter things than those of war, and after all these 
years I find that voice waking the echoes of this old hall to which you 
welcome me. (Applause.) 

"That is an incident that I believe you, my Comrades, will appre- 
ciate. Among all of the occasions of my visits to this historic city, 
it so happens that this is the first that approximates to a set address. 
And it is here in the old hall which, save that one in Philadelphia, is 
the most nearly sacred of any spot in America, that I, for the time being 
the honored cliief of the great soldiery of the Republic, speak fraternal 
words of greeting to our Comrades now who once were arrayed against 
us. 

"And that is certainly an incident to be enjoyed in the life of any 
man. (Applause.) 

"Faneuil Hall, which, whatever changes may be put upon it by the 
loving generations that from time to time receive it from their sires, 
is still what Daniel Webster called it, 'the cradle of liberty,' and to- 
day, thirty-nine years after the cessation of hostilities between es- 
tranged brethren, the hands that rock the old cradle were once the 
hands in blue and gray. (Applause.) 

"It may be said with all modesty by us that never did it witness 
a scene more significant of the Americanism of the times than that 
which transpires this night. (Applause.) 

"At San Francisco the Grand Army of the Republic had greetings 
from the voice of the Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, a 
voice now silent forever, but which reaching us in that city by the far 
sea, told how gallant Gordon and his associates greeted the men of the 
armies of the Union, a greeting that spanned the continent, a greeting 
which then we knew not, but which did, indeed, come from the portals 
of the tomb of the great Confederate soldier. And we to-night give 
that greeting back with love and honor to each of his associates who 



238 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

stood with him in the long rank in the deadly war, and welcome them to 
this old hall and this old presence with a full heart of Americanism, 
rejoicing in the obliteration of every trace of hostility, and further 
rejoicing in the splendid glow with which the country in this new 
century turns her face away from the sorrows of her past to the splen- 
did sunrise of her unmatchable future. (Applause.) 

"I have been bidden to come, to see, and be a guest of Kinsley Post 
of Boston and Lafayette Post of New York, here fraternizing if not 
in their candidates, at least in their desires (loughier), and as long as 
you two Posts — one representing the metropolis of the world and the 
other representing Boston, which stands higher than ever did that 
Athens whose marbles were washed by the Mgea.n Sea — stand to- 
gether, believe me, the hosts of the Republic, either in peace or in war 
are invincible. (Applause.) 

"I remember how the pen of the historian, catching the tradition 
of that greatest of ancient powers, relates that at the battle fought by 
Lake Regillus, when the barbarian hordes stood against the soldiers 
of Rome, and the conflict seemed waging fiercest, the cause of the 
Republic all but lost, from the rear came the twin brothers of immor- 
tality and of war, and putting themselves in front of the Romans, rode 
on to victory, and Castor and Pollux took their places in the firmament 
of men's memory and the splendid pictures of the heavens. And here 
is the Castor of Lafayette and the Pollux of Kinsley standing side by 
side in the front ranks of American hospitality. And I remember it was 
told by the poet that after the battle had been fought and won, and 
while the dusty ranks of Rome still stood at rest, the twin brothers 
turned and, riding to the Forum, drank from the well that was immortal 
and then resumed their march into the Spheres. Here again, I find 
the tradition paralleled, and Castor and Pollux are drinking from the 
same perennial bowl. Comrades, may it never be dry, and may you 
never be dry ! How beautiful it is when, wathout the charm of the 
presence of woman, when, without the flush of youth spurring you 
on, such an assembly as this can be complete, where on every brow the 
signet of age has lightly pressed its honor, where the hearts are full 
with the emotions that kindle at the altar of a common and glorious 
country, where every man is still a lover and a lover of the land. Oh, 
what an assembly is this, when every one present, whatever may have 
been his past, in the presence of the glorious future and the living 
present can say to every other man, 'Comrade, I greet you in the 
cause of the Republic' 

"I should love to talk to you at length, but I want to tell one story, 
and I know that it will awaken echoes and sentiments in the breasts 
of your guests, even should they silently receive its sweetness. Among 
the men that in my middle life I grew to love and honor was Colonel 
Josiah Patterson of Tennessee, claimed not long since by the great 
archangel whose shadowy sword is above all men. We sat side by side 
in the Congress of the United States. We visited your beautiful 
city side by side, guests of one of your great merchants. Up and down 



PRESENTATION OF LOVING CUP BY LAFAYETTE 239 

the land, although our trip was relatively short, we journeyed, and he 
told me the story of his heart. In the great banquet of the Blue and 
the Gray at Evansville, where he had been sitting by my side, he arose 
and told this story : 'In my youth, which was spent in North Carolina, 
I shared the same means of education that were shared by all the boys 
of the land, and one of the regular exercises was that every week, on 
Friday or Saturday, we had our declamation. My father taught me 
early selections that he desired me to acquire, and among them was 
one from " Webster's reply to Hayne," that great speech of the Massa- 
chusetts orator and statesman whose giant frame rises higher and 
higher with the passing years until his Olympian head is scarce below 
the stars. In that oration this great senator turned to his distin- 
guished competitor in the Senate of the United States and said, "Sir. 
in the event of war, where will you draw the line between the States ? 
What will you do with the Mississipiji River?" Years passed. The 
time of the separation of the States came, and, believing it to be my 
duty to follow my honored State of Tennessee when she withdrew from 
the Union, I went with her into the Confederacy. You know the last 
armed organization that surrendered under the agreement of Grant 
and Lee east of the Mississippi was my old regiment of Comrades from 
Tennessee, and by that fact you may know that I, as an American, 
believed in her cause and its principles. For a long time,' said he, 
'it was my duty to lead scouting and exploring parties of my regiment, 
and sometimes at night I would be obliged to sit down by the camp 
fire dimly burning, or by the feeble glare of a torch, to study the map 
spread on the ground before the fire, to determine the course, where 
my orders should send me, and,' said he to that great assembly, 
'Gentlemen, true Confederate as I was, honest as I was in the support 
of my cause and what I believed then to be my country's, still, when I 
sat by that watch fire, or stood mth that map in hand beneath the 
torch's glow, that old question of Daniel Webster's came back to me, 
and never, never, never was I able to say where the line should be 
drawn or what we should do with the Mississippi River.' (Ap- 
plause.) 

"God made this nation for one people. He gave it all the wealth 
of all the climes and all the zones, and of all the rivers and of all the 
seas of all latitudes and of all time, and he meant that it should be what 
it will continue to be — the home of one great, free, lovnng American 
people. (Loud applause.) And none, to-night, my fellow-country- 
men, no one this night more freely, more lovingly, acknowledges that 
fact than do these, your honored guests." (Loud applause.) 

PRESENTATION OF LOVING CUP 

At this point Colonel A. C. Bakewell arose and in an ornate 
speech presented in behalf of the five hundred three Comrades 
of Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York an elegant solid silver 



240 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Loving Cup to Kinsley Post No. 113 of Boston. Post Chaplain 
Rev. Edward A. Horton responded for "113" most happily, 
closing with a tribute to the character of the occasion expressed 
in a word painting peculiar to himself which thrilled the 
hearts of all as it called to "Comradeship and Union." 

DESCRIPTION OF THE CUP 

" The handsome silver Loving Cup was designed by Tiffany & Co. 
of New York. It stands ten inches high and has a capacity of ten 
pints. It contains ninety-two ounces of American silver. There are 
three handles, the accepted style for cups of this description, which are 
intended to revolve in passing from one hand to another around the 
board. 

" The decoration is appropriate and artistic ; the iris used in the orna- 
mentation of the cup is after the model of the conventional Fleur-de-lis 
of France. This recalls the land of Lafayette and the services ren- 
dered to America in the Revolutionary days, and the appropriateness 
is seen in the fact that the presentation was made by Lafayette Post. 
The inscription, etched in relief, reads as follows: 'To Kinsley Post 
No. 113, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic. 
Comrades of the Mess, August 15, 1904.' " 

EXTRACTS FROM ELOQUENT SPEECHES 

The evening was continued with music and song and speech. 
If the spoken words could be recalled, and space permitted, 
it would be a valuable addition to the narrative of the occasion, 
but, as this is impossible, imperfect extracts must suffice. 

Lieutenant-Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., said in part : — 

?'It is well that there should be honorable controversy between 
North Carolina and Massachusetts, as to which first offered a regiment 
in '98 to fight imder the Stars and Stripes against a foreign foe. 

"The best result of the Spanish War was not increase of territory 
or prestige ; nor the freeing of Cuba ; nor even the crushing out of 
the fever scourge of the tropics. The best result has been that on 
all great questions the world has learned that if we went into that 
war the United States of America, we emerged from it the United 
States of America." (Applause.) 

GENERAL JOHN B. CASTLEMAN OF KENTUCKY 

The General was a Major in Morgan's Cavalry in the Civil 
War, who was captured and paroled, and was one of the four 
Southern Brigadier-Generals commissioned by President Mc- 



EXTRACTS FROM ELOQUENT SPEECHES 241 

Kinley in the Spanish War in 1898. Among other things he 
said : — 

"It is an honor to be asked under any circumstances to visit this 
great historic and hospitable city, the metropolis of an ancient com- 
monwealth which requires that the people shall be educated as a safe- 
guard of order and liberty. (Applause.) 

"Men who are Americans will elect for themselves their own line 
of duty and perform it and follow that lead. 

!' Meetings like this between old Comrades in arms promote a com- 
mon country, and greatest cordiality of feeling between federal and 
Confederate soldiers." (Applause.) 

Commander Joseph J. Little, of Lafayette Post No. 140, New 
York, said : — 

"This is not the first time Lafayette Post has had the honor of 
being your guest. Fourteen years ago the city of Boston was chosen 
by the Grand Army of the Republic as the field for its National En- 
campment ; and upon that occasion Lafayette Post was chosen by 
Kinsley as Comrades of the mess. Kinsley also had as its guest at 
that time, a Comrade of the Grand Army who was then President of 
the United States, together with members of his cabinet. The mem- 
bers of Lafayette Post to this day vie with each other in praising that 
occasion, and in expressing their delight at the pleasant recollections 
of that, our first joint camp fire. 

"Since then these two Posts have met together upon other occa- 
sions, and at other places. The acquaintance so auspiciously begun 
fourteen years ago has ripened into friendship. The warmth of that 
friendship may be appreciated when I point to this goodly number of 
my Comrades who have accompanied me to this historic city once 
more to join hands in affectionate clasp, the last time for some of us to 
touch the elbow ; men of Kinsley ; men of Lafayette ; Comrades of 
the Grand Army. 

"Our last joint meeting was under the hospitable tent of Meade 
Post of Philadelphia, where the loving cup was passed, the first sip 
being taken by our lamented Comrade, the late President McKinley. 
An occasion never to be forgotten ! 

"Now, Comrades of Kinsley Post, I desire to extend to j^ou our thanks 
not only for past and present courtesies, but for the very great pleasure 
you give us to-night in having also as your guests honored fellow-citi- 
zens from Dixieland, soldiers who wore the gray, men who in those 
strenuous days were equally as earnest and sincere as we were who 
wore the blue. (Applause.) 

"Your act is a proclamation that reconstruction has reached the 
hub, and that not only the members of Kinsley Post, but the citizens 
of this old Commonwealth, recognize the patriotic spirit with which 
the citizens of the South now join with us in support of our emblem 
of National Unity — Old Glory. 



242 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"Yes, gentlemen, I believe your act has even a greater significance ; 
and when you, as surviving soldiers of that memorable war, invite 
these gentlemen to put their knees under your mahogany, you, as 
members of the Grand Army of the Republic, and as citizens of the 
United States, say to them, that you recognize their rights, as citizens 
of this great republic, to be equal to your own, or to those of the 
citizens of any other State, or locality, throughout this land. 

"What grander motto can we have than that your courtesy to-night 
proclaims ! One country ! One flag ! One citizenship ! Or where 
a more appropriate occasion to proclaim it, than where veteran sol- 
diers of the North, and veteran soldiers of the South, are gathered 
together around the festive board?" (Applause.) 

OLD BUGLE CALLS 

It was a dramatic introduction that Comrade J. Payson 
Bradley of Boston, who was a bugler in the old 1st Massachusetts 
Heavy Artillery, and who took part in the battle of Spottsyl- 
vania, prepared for his friend Hon. Cyrus B. Watson of Winston- 
Salem, N.C., who fought on the Confederate side in the same 
battle. Comrade Bradley had with him his bugle and, describ- 
ing the sanguinary battle of Spottsylvania, introduced the bugle 
calls incidental to that fateful day. His proficiency with the 
historic instrument brought every one in the gallery to his feet 
that he might see the player. Cheer after cheer followed the 
calls, and applause greeted the story. Upon Mr. Watson's 
formal introduction the reception tendered him was no less 
cordial. He said in part : — 

"The time has long since passed when a citizen of the United States 
need bother himself with the inquiry why he fought, or whether he 
was right in fighting on either side. I am willing to leave it to the 
spirit of liberty of the United States and let that spirit answer. The 
man who hears the cry of distress coming from constituted authority 
and answers that cry cannot be very wrong. 

"There ought to be another Confederate reunion, and there ought 
to be present there representatives of every Post of the Grand Army." 
(Applause.) 

The next speaker was General Alfred C. Barnes of Lafayette 
Post No. 140, New York. 

Most of his speech was in the nature of a "family talk," as he 
was pleased to call it, between the Kinsley and Lafayette Posts. 

He said, speaking of the Southern guests : — 



EXTRACTS FROM ELOQUENT SPEECHES 243 

" This occasion is of special significance and pleasure, as it enables 
us to salute our distinguished Southern Veterans. We love them, and 
this scene proves the genuine and absolute character of the (Ireat 
Reconciliation." (Applause.) 

The next speaker was a Southerner, Captain Edward S. Gay 
of Atlanta, Ga. Captain Gay said in part : — 

"Strange were the emotions of my heart to-day. While brave 
men who bore aloft the Stars and Stripes in the stormy days from 
'61 to '65 paraded the streets of this magnificent city to the triumphant 
strains of martial music, there seemed to come from way back in the 
caverns of memory the booming of distant artillery, and, commingled 
with its echoes, I caught ever and anon the thrilling strains of that 
song of the South, sung by our suffering men and women in the darkest 
days of our struggle : — 

" ' In Dixie's land I'll take my stand, 
And live and die for Dixie.' 

"And yet, I yield to no man in patriotism or in perfect loyalty to 
our reunited country. I salute that flag — the flag of my whole 
countrj^ — ■ 

" ' Long may it wave 

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.' 
"In response to your cordial invitation the pleasure and honor of 
being with you on this occasion are more than I can express. 

******* 

"When a people cease to honor their heroes and great men, they 
cease to produce them. 

"So we of the South on fitting occasions extol the glories of our 
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Patrick Henry, who in 
his memorable speech in the old House of Burgesses at Richmond, Va., 
fanned the smouldering embers of freedom into a flame which illu- 
mined the world. I say, on fitting occasion we honor these great men. 
And, when the springtime comes, with kisses warm, to set the rivers 
free and garnish the earth anew with fragrance and beauty, we gather 
the depleted remnants of the old Confederate army — shattered with 
wounds and the infirmities of age — and the faithful women and fair 
maidens of the South, to scatter flowers on the graves of our immortal 
dead. 

"No shout of triumph nor blare of trumpet is there ! But, recount- 
ing their noble self-sacrifice, heroic courage and patriotic devotion, 
we rescue from the waste of time fragments of history of how these 
men lived and died, as the noblest examples and incentives to deeds 
of glory. 

***** * * 

"Accepting in good faith the terms of surrender, the men of the 
South returned to their devastated homes, and despite the gloom of 



244 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

waste and want and poverty, they girded their loins for the conflict 
of progress and peace, and we are here that you may rejoice with us 
that our countrymen of the South have met, and are meeting, the 
issues of the living present, in a manner worthy of their record in war." 

(Applause.) 

Comrade B. F. Watson, of Lafayette Post No. 140, said in 
part : — 

"This feast is notable, not only because Kinsley Post stands forth 
as the worthy representative of Boston's famous hospitality ; not only 
because e.xalted leaders of the Nation and of the vicinage were bidden 
to come and are here ; that by means of it Kinsley Post has again 
respected its lavish demonstrations of partiality and friendship for 
Lafayette Post, but more than all else it is notable because through 
its instrumentality the brotherhood and the chivalry of the South is 
recognized and emphasized by the presence here of the most dis- 
tinguished of the survivors of Lee's almost invincible legions." (A;)- 
plause.) 

The last speaker was Colonel E. M. L. Ehlers of Lafayette 
Post, who said in part : — 

"Since Appomattox, another host has sprung to arms and another 
nation has been added to the roll-call of freedom. We of the Grand 
Army praise God that to us has been given the privilege of beholding 
the magnificent spectacle of the son of the greatest chieftain of America, 
Ulysses S. Grant, and the nephew of the greatest chieftain of the 
Confederate army, Robert E. Lee, marching shoulder to shoulder in 
the cause of common humanity and for the downfall of tyranny and 
oppression. With them went the sons of the North and the sons of 
the South, all marching in happy concord under one flag, singing with 
one voice the grand old battle hymn of the republic. 

"The men who fought and the women who wept during the cruel 
civil strife have cast out the last remnant of bitterness, and all again 
are children of one country, defenders of one cause and heroes of one 
imperishable glory." (Applause.) 

Thus ended an event tending to unite the American soldiers 
of the great Civil War of 1861 to 1865, with sincere, friendly 
and fraternal considerations, and the spirit of a broad, en- 
lightened brotherhood which unifies and maintains what we now 
are, and what we shall be for all time, — a great nation for good 
on earth, — and defending its emblem of united peace and 
good- will, the "Star-Spangled Banner." 



SOUTHERN FEELING 245 

ADDITIONAL COURTESIES 

Many public and social courtesies were shown our Southern 
friends throughout the week. They witnessed from the grand 
stand the great parade of Tuesday, and were shown the his- 
toric landmarks and places of special interest in the city and 
vicinity. A visit to the reunion of the 38th Massachusetts 
Regiment Association at the Revere House was a novelty that 
seemed to strike them very favorably. 

SOUTHERN FEELING 

Our guests all personall}- expressed deep satisfaction and ap- 
preciation for the numerous kindnesses shown them and for 
the privilege afforded of making so many delightful acquaint- 
ances, together with the opportunity of witnessing all the im- 
pressive public ceremonies connected with the National En- 
campment. 

Before leaving they sent a cordial letter to the Post Com- 
mander, signed by all of them. In this they say : — 

"The undersigned Confederate soldiers desire to express our pro- 
found appreciation of the splendid hospitalities which we have received 
at your hands and at the hands of the soldierly organization of which 
you are the commander. 

"Without wishing to particularize, we cannot forego the pleasure of 
expressing our profound satisfaction at the tender and delightful 
association and attentions and the courteous hospitality which we have 
received through your acts and at the hands of that representative 
American gentleman, the distinguished presiding officer of the Algon- 
quin Club, General Charles H. Taylor — a member of Post No. 113. 



"We cannot forget, and we recall with profound satisfaction, your 
words of welcome in Faneuil Hall. . . . We cannot forget, and we 
remember with the keenest appreciation, the words of your distinguished 
Governor, which fell like music on our ears. . . . We cannot forget 
the significant words of General Charles H. Taylor. . . . Nor shall we 
ever forget the very grateful words of the distinguished Commander 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, General John C. Black. . . . 

"We are aware of the fact that it is not to us as individuals that 
these delightful messages of true American fellowshij) come, but as 
invited representatives at this reunion of the Confederate soldiery. 
We shall take home with us with glad hearts these glorious expressions 
of manly men, worthy members of that unsurpassed body, the soldiers 
of the North. 



246 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"This recalls to us also tlie fact that these messages of fraternal 
aflfection came to us in that place dedicated by the wonderful acts and 
words of some of America's most illustrious sons, properly designated 
as the 'Cradle of American Liberty.' 

"It seems to us in deed and in truth that this is a new awakening of 
that unsurpassed spirit which breathes the sentiment of your most 
distinguished general, in which he said, ' Let us have peace ' ; and those 
words of our beloved commander, who, at the close of that great 
struggle, said to us: 'Veterans, remember that we form one country 
now. Abandon all sectional animosities and make your sons Ameri- 
cans.' 

"This splendid new awakening, in the 'Cradle of Liberty,' is a 
noble utterance of the patriotic impulses which shall usher into being 
the complete unification of the soldiery of the North and the soldiery 
of the South, under the flag of a common country, made famous and 
glorious by the heroes of both North and South in the heroic past — 
that flag which is the emblem of free institutions under the Constitu- 
tion, that sublime work of the masters who framed it. 

" Therefore, Mr. Commander, you will pardon us for again expressing 
our exceeding great joy in participating in these exercises and in enjoy- 
ing these hospitalities which shall be with us a lasting memory, and 
which we trust shall be a forecast of that glorious awakening of a new 
national life of the whole land as one people, under one flag, one con- 
stitution, entering upon a destiny unsurpassed in history, bringing 
to all its people the most glorious blessings of ' Liberty and union, now 
and forever.' " 

As a further indication of the interest which this reunion of 
the Blue and the Gray created in the South, it should be stated 
that Captain Edward S. Gay, by request of Atlanta Camp No. 
159 United Confederate Veterans, repeated to the Camp his 
speech in full, delivered at Faneuil Hall, August 15. This ad- 
dress was subsequently printed by the Camp and circulated. 

As a prelude to the address, Captain Gay gave a sketch of the 
Boston visit, which was also made a part of the pamphlet pub- 
lished. The sketch is interesting reading and is in part as 
follows : — 

"In responding to your invitation to address you this evening in 
regard to the recent entertainment of a number of ex-Confederate 
soldiers by Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, in Boston, on August 15, permit me to say that about 
the 16th of June it was my good fortune to receive a very cordial 
invitation. . . . 

"With a high appreciation of the honor thus conferred, and being 
in hearty accord with the sentiments and good purposes expressed, I 
(with other Southern gentlemen) accepted the invitation. I have now 



THE BOSTON VISIT BY AN EX-CONFEDERATE 247 

the pleasure of relating to you something of the courtesies extended us, 
and the incidents of the occasion. 

******* 
"While in Boston, the ex-Confederate soldiers who were there as 
guests of the Kinsley Post, seemed to be the recipients of the most 
special consideration, not only of our host, but of the great State of 
Massachusetts, the people of Boston and the Grand Army of the 
Republic. Nothing was spared to make our visit both profitable and 

"At the State Capitol we were presented to His Excellency, Gov- 
ernor Bates, who gave us a most cordial welcome to the old Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts. . 

"A magnificent luncheon was given us at the Algonqum Club. 
This luncheon (more like a banquet) was served in a large and very 
handsome room which opened into a hall and also into another large 
room During the feast a splendid band of stringed instruments dis- 
coursed the most delightful music, with 'Dixie,' 'Old Kentucky 
Home ' and other airs of sweet memory that cheered alike the hearts 
of hosts and guests, and gave a foretaste of the enthusiastic recep- 
tion we were to get when Kinsley Post would arrive in a body. Shorts- 
after tliis, 'Dixie' was heard from a brass band in the street as the 
Post about one hundred and fifty strong, approached the club house. 
\ little later members of the Post were assembled in the large room 
communicating with the one in which we were. Then the Confed- 
erates were assembled near the folding doors to this room. In a 
moment the doors flew open, and the grandest of cheers greeted us. 
There was no time for formal introductions, as our Boston friends 
seized us in their arms, and cheering walked their guest through the 
crowd until each Confederate had met and shaken hands with each 
and ail the members of the Kinsley Post. Any attempt at descrip- 
tion would fall far short of the actual scene. It was a grand expression 
of admiration and brotherly feeling rarely witnessed. 

"At the banquet given by General C. H. Taylor to the survivors 
of his old regiment, the 38th Massachusetts, we were among the 
honored guests. The speeches at this function were in expedient 
taste- they were full of the spirit of patriotism and good feeling 
and the deep emotion manifested by men who wore the blue and 
gray in recalling memories of long ago, showed that the soldiers ot 
opposing armies in our unfortunate war between the States held 
some precious memories in common, which had outlived, and will 
outlive, the bitterness of that strife. , , • 

"The banquet given at old Faneuil Hall seemed to catch the inspi- 
ration of that historic place, and I think none could have been there 
without feeling a thrill of patriotism that would strengthen their 
devotion to our common country, and a desire to share with our quon- 
dam foes all the glory the future may have in store for us as a reumted 
and happy people. 



248 EDWARD W, KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"The parade of the Grand Army of the Republic was a scene long 
to be remembered, and was sadly suggestive that they were march- 
ing to join the host that have gone before. 

"Despite the issues that separated us in the past and all the hor- 
rors of that lamentable war, no true American could have witnessed 
the passing of that wonderful procession, forty years after the War, 
without a sense of national pride, that these old soldiers, like our- 
selves, are still true to their convictions of the past, and like our- 
selves, so loyal and true to our government, that the men who wore 
the blue, and we who wore the gray, were ready, as shown by the 
recent war with Spain, to offer our sons or bear arms ourselves, in 
the service of our common countrv. 



!'I might recount to you innumerable incidents of marked courtesy 
extended to the ex-Confederates if time would permit, but suffice it to 
say that, during all the time we were in Boston everything was done, 
and nothing was left undone, to make our stay agreeable and to give 
assurance that, with the real soldiers of the North, whose guests we 
had the honor to be, the heroic memories of the War were nobly cher- 
ished, but its bitterness was gone forever." 

FRUITAGE OF THE "113 IDEA " 

This great event was a fitting culmination or fruitage of 
the " 113 idea" held by the Post within ten years of the close of 
the War and shown when ex-Confederate Veterans were in- 
vited to parade and did parade with the Post on Memorial 
Day, and which blossomed in the enthusiastic public reception 
of General Joseph Wheeler on Memorial Day, 1899. 

To sum up, the visit of our Southern friends was one of the 
most unique and eventful reunions of the Blue and the Gray 
ever inaugurated and carried out by any Post of the Grand 
Army. Its far-reaching effect on the public sentiment of the 
country no one at this time can fully appreciate. 

POST NO. 113 HONORED 

Fourteen members held official positions in the Grand Army, 
outside the Post, during the current year; the list is quite 
remarkable, viz. : — 

On Staff of Commander-in-Chief Black. — Assistant Adjutant- 
General Comrade Cranmore N. Wallace ; Aides-de-Camp Comrades 
Amidon, Anderson, Blackmar, Houghton, Parker and Stillings. 

On Staff of Commander-in-Chief Blackmar. — Assistant Adjutant- 



FRUITAGE OF THE "113 IDEA" 249 

General Comrade Ephraim B. Stillings ; Aides-de-Camp Comrades 
Goodrich, Henry, Hersey, Kendrieken and Rerce. 

On Staff of Department Commander F'ield. — Medical Director 
Comrade Dr. Horace E. Marion ; Aides-de-Carap Comrades Anderson 
and Blackmar. 

Council of Department Administration. — Comrade Charles B. 
Amory. 

Representative to National Encampment. — Comrade Ephraim B. 
Stillings. 

RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BLACKMAR 

Saturday evening, October 4, again awoke the echoes of 
Faneuil Hall, with Post No. 113 as host, and Comrade, now 
Commander-in-Chief, Wilmon W. Blackmar the guest of honor. 
Every G. A. R. Post in the State was invited. Past Commander 
Goodrich acted as Toast-master, and stirring speeches were made 
by Governor John L. Bates and others. 

General Blackmar expressed his grateful appreciation of the 
honor conferred in an eloquent and feeling manner. The hall 
was crowded with Veterans, and the ceremony of "Trooping 
the Colors" of the Posts present was as always an impressive 
spectacle. 

THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY 

The evening of November 22 again found the memljers of 
" 113" and their friends around the well-tried banquet board at 
Young's, with Commander Graves -presiding and Post Chaplain 
Rev. Edward A. Horton, Toast-master. 

Under the direction of Past Commander Charles Clark 
Adams, the musical programme proved one of the most delight- 
ful and enjoyable ever provided. Eloquent speeches were made 
by ex-Governor John D. Long, Rev. Edward Cummings and 
others. Commander-in-Chief Blackmar and Adjutant-Gen- 
eral John E. Gilman were present, and the national headquarters 
colors of the G. A. R. were displayed at the head of the table for 
the first time in the history of the Post. The occasion well 
filled out the public and semi-pul)lic functions of this remarkable 
year. 

MINOR EVENTS 

At the January meeting congratulations were extended to 
Junior Vice-Commander John G. Butler, on his promotion to the 
rank of Brigadier-General in the United States Army, after 



250 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

a service of over forty years. His new appointment neces- 
sitated his removal to Washington, and the resignation of his 
office in the Post soon followed. The vacancy was subsequently 
filled by the promotion of Surgeon William H. Ruddick, and 
the choice of Dr. Horace E. Marion as Post Surgeon. 

March 9 a delegation visited, by invitation, Charles Ward 
Post No. 62, Newtonville, and participated in a good old-fash- 
ioned Camp Fire. 

The principal social occasions were as follows: In April, 
an interesting story was related by Comrade WiUiam H. H. 
Emmons, Chairman of the Board of Police, of his personal ex- 
periences in the army during the Civil War. The Kinsley 
Quartette furnished the music. 

A number of members attended a dinner at Young's the 
9th, given in honor of Commander-in-Chief Black by his Staff. 
Past Department Commander Blackmar of Post No. 113 pre- 
sided. One of the best things of the evening was the singing 
of the "Larboard Watch" by Comrade Henry and Past De- 
partment Commander Oilman. 

A resolution of thanks was adopted at the September meeting 
appreciative of the gift of the silver Loving Cup presentetl the 
Post at the Faneuil Hall reception, August 15, by Lafayette 
Post No. 140 of New York. 

Comrade James S. Barrows, one of the Trustees of the Post 
and Quartermaster-Sergeant, died July 18, and at the September 
meeting Comrade WilLiam H. Alline was chosen a trustee, and 
Comrade Augustine Sanderson appointed Quartermaster-Ser- 
geant. 

October 1 removed from our fellowship that sweet singer of 
the Post, Comrade Joseph L. White, who had conducted the 
musical exercises on Memorial Days and Anniversary occasions 
for many years. 

His kindly ways and social nature made him a general fa- 
vorite. 

" Dear 'Joe,' his memory will long linger." 

The eighty-fourth birthday of Comrade Edward J. Jones, the 
oldest member, was gladdened by congratulatory resolutions 
and beautiful flowers from the Post. 

Inspection by Comrade Amos R. Storer of Post No. 191 was 



A NOTABLE YEAR 251 

held at the November meeting, witli music by the Kinsley- 
Quartette. 

As a prelude to the December meeting, a lunch was served in 
the banquet hall, and at its close Comrade James R. Wood, 
Past Commander of Post No. 161, Woburn, entertained those 
present with a recital of his personal experiences as a Scout 
connected with the Army Headquarters during the Civil War. 

The meetings of the year were unusually well attended and a 
spirit of harmony and good fellowship was very noticeable. 

The death roll included, besides Comrades Barrows and 
White, Comrades John H. Dee, July 2; Benjamin Noyes, 
October 17; and Associate Member Jacob Morse. 

COMMANDER GEORGE H. GRAVES 

Service, Civil War. 8th Vermont Infantry. Signal Corps U. S. A., 

Sergeant. 

The responsibilities of the Commander were naturally much 
increased by the National Encampment, the candidacy of 
Comrade Blackmar for Commander-in-Chief and the receptions 
and courtesies tendered our Southern guests and the Lafayettes. 

The details of the year sufficiently indicate the strength of 
the executive force required to carry through with such marked 
success every feature attempted. 

Commander Graves represented the Post throughout, in a 
dignified and efficient manner. The jewel of great price to any 
organization — harmony — was assiduously cultivated, and all 
must have rejoiced in the result. 

Nineteen hundred four was indeed high-water mark for Post 
No. 113. The administration was fortunate in the line of 
events which the circumstances of the year produced, and it 
had the ability and willingness to master all requirements. 



CHAPTER XL 

Nineteen Hundred Five 

Reception of the Colors. The Tender-heartedness of Presi- 
dent McKiNLEY. An Unwritten Incident. Memorial Day 
Services. Ex-Governor John L. Bates, Orator. Lieutenant- 
General a. B. Chaffee, U. S. Army. Commander-in-Chief 
Blackmar at Rest. Thirty-sixth Anniversary. Comrade 
Blackmar and Post No. 113. The Post Home. Minor Events. 
Sketch of Commander Ephraim B. Stillings. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, 

WILLIAM M. OLIN, ASSISTED BY PAST DEPARTMENT 

COMMANDER JOHN E. OILMAN 



Commander .... 

Senior Vice-Commander 

Junior Vice-Commander 

Adjutant . . . 

Quartermaster . 

Surgeon 

Chaplain 

Officer of the Day 

Officer of the Guard 

Sergeant-Major 

Quartermaster-Sergeant 



Council of Administration 



Trustees of Post 



Trustees of Relief Fund 



Ephraim B. Stillings. 
Charles B. Amory. 
William H. Ruddick. 
George A. Sawin. 
Arthur Hooper. 
Dr. Horace E. Marion. 
Rev. Edward A. Horton. 
George E. Henry. 
Benjamin H. Ticknor. 
Frank P. Moss. 
J. Howard Sullivan. 
John C. Cook, Ch., 
Augustine Sanderson and 
John C. Watson. 
Charles C. Adams, Ch., 
Bowdoin S. Parker and 
William H. Alline. 
WiLMON W. Blackmar, Ch., 
Albert W. Hersey and 
Ira B. Goodrich. 



RECEPTION OF COLORS 

THE January meeting was opened with the ceremony of 
reception of the Colors, the first time this was performed 
in Post No. 113. It proved a very effective and pleasing 
addition to the ritualistic form. 

252 




EPHRAIM B. STILLINGS 

Post Commander, 1905 

Adjutant-General G.A.R., 1910, 1911- 



RECEPTION OF COLORS 253 

"The old flags ! For the battles they fought, for the memories of 
the heroes whom they led to saerifice, for the noble deeds done by 
them and by the soldiers bleeding beneath their wavings, never shall 
we cease to love them, never shall we cease to honor them." 

— Comrade Archbishop Ireland, /row Address on Return of the 
Flags to Minnesota. 

There were seventy-two members and fifteen visiting Com- 
rades in attendance, and the new board of officers were speeded 
on their way with hearty good- will. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

On Sunday, May 29, the Post attended services at the Second 
Church. Rev. Thomas Van Ness and Chaplain Rev. Edward 
A. Horton officiated. 

Memorial Day, the 30th, was generally celebrated with unusual 
patriotic fervor. Post No. 113 left nothing undone. After 
decorating the graves of one hundred eighty-two Comrades 
in eighteen cemeteries, located in eight different States, to- 
gether with the grave of former ex-Confederate John Buck, 
to whose remains the Post had given a soldier's burial, and 
honoring the statues and tablets, the impressive ceremonies 
at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common, and 
at Tremont Temple, were beautifully rendered. 

Commander-in-Chief Blackmar gracefully introduced the 
orator of the day, ex-Governor John L. Bates, who delivered in 
a dramatic and forceful manner one of the most patriotic and 
soul-inspiring addresses ever listened to by the Post. With 
the grace of cultured oratory, he depicted in a masterly word 
painting his conception of a Memorial building in Boston, above 
whose portals should be inscribed, "To the immortals who saved 
the Union." Seldom, if ever, has a speaker so moved and elec- 
trified an audience on such an occasion. The thousands crowd- 
ing the Temple were again and again thrown into ecstasies of 
long-continued applause. No one who was present will ever 
forget the scene. The Oration was subsequently published by 
the Post, from which the peroration is herewith quoted : — 

"Veterans: Your work has not been unappreciated. There is 
hardly a community in the Northland that has not endeavored to show 
its gratitude by the erection of some memorial of granite or of bronze. 
The nation has opened its treasury and paid out thousands of millions 



254 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

to keep the Veteran and his widow from want. States and towns have 
added their contribution to those of the nation. There is no American 
community to-day but what would regard itself as forever deeply dis- 
graced, if a Union soldier suffered in its midst for the necessities or 
comforts of life. But this is not all. A debt contracted in human 
blood cannot be repaid in dollars and cents, though they be piled as 
high as the heavens. Gratitude calls for something more. There 
must be provision 'lest we forget,' and the memory of the veterans 
pass away and the lesson of patriotism be lost. And so the American 
people with one accord takes a day from its busy life each year and 
dedicates it to its heroes, the living and the dead, and there is no memorial 
in all history so significant as is this day 'when memory plays an old 
tune on the heart,' as throughout the land the muffled drum, the 
gathering crowd, the silent tear and the scattered flowers remind us 
that 'it is not all of life to live nor all of death to die.' 

"One thing yet remains to be done in this great city. We have a 
home on the hilltop for the worn-out soldier alone in the world, where 
he watches the setting sun on the distant horizon. We have hospitals 
to which he can go when disease or accident overtakes the form that 
shields his indomitable soul, and in some few cases the city has provided 
quarters where a Grand Army Post for a nominal expense can meet, 
but in this great city the boys in blue have no headquarters to which 
they can regularly resort for rest, or for comfort, or for fraternal sym- 
pathy, or where they can congregate and Uve over again the war and 
'shouldering a crutch, show how battles are lost and won.' There is 
no soldier's club house with a parlor and a library and a kitchen, and 
all the connecting links between and the comforts they imply ; no 
soldier's temple hung with the sacred relics of the great conflict, relics 
of which there are inany now that might be gathered and preserved 
for coming generations to revere ; no soldiers' memorial hall where 
the people may come together and hear the stories of the war again 
and discuss the questions that concern the republic. Boston has her 
Old North and Old South Church and her Old State House — price- 
less temple of her early days and particularly associated with her Revo- 
lutionary struggle. Her Faneuil Hall was the cradle of liberty. But 
the liistory of Boston was not concluded with the ending of the Revo- 
lution. She is not all old. Where is her public building that tells of 
her participation in that greatest of all conflicts, the War for the 
Union ? The State has made of marble and gold a hall for the flags, 
but where is Boston's Memorial Hall? In the name of the Veterans 
and the coming generations, I direct the attention of the city to this 
matter. Let us have, as Chicago has, a memorial building that in 
breadth and height and beauty of construction shall represent Boston's 
part in the great contest. No city did so much to make the war 
inevitable, no city did more to make victory sure. Let this building 
be the Mecca of Pilgrims. Let it be the gathering place for the Veterans' 
organizations and the patriotic societies that shall be their successors 
when the Veterans shall meet no more ; let it be a treasure-house 



ORATION OF EX-GOVERNOR JOHN L. BATES 255 

wherein may be stored the priceless relics and the souvenirs and the 
records of the soldiers for the Union ; let its hall be ever open to the 
discussion of the problems affecting the welfare of men, and may its 
atmosphere be that of a devoted patriotism, and to that end let its 
walls tell the story of the war. Picture there the beginning of the 
struggle ; John Quincy Adams defending the right of petition ; Wen- 
dell Phillips proclaiming the rights of man ; Charles Sumner champion- 
ing the cause of the oppressed; William Lloyd Garrison with his 'I 
will not retract and I will be heard.' Picture there Lincoln welcom- 
ing the Sixth Massachusetts — the first regiment to appear for the 
defence of the nation's capital. Picture the story of the soldier's 
departure and the aching of hearts, if you will, until as one look she 
shall hear : — 

" ' The sound of the lone sentry's tread. 

As he tramps from the rocks to the fountain. 
And thinks of the two in the low trundle bed, 
Far away in the cot on the mountain.' 

' ' Picture the horror as well as the glory ; how men preferred ' death 
rather than dishonor,' how they suffered in Libby Prison and Ander- 
sonville. 

"Over there, if you will, paint Chancellorsville, where hope fled, 
but opposite paint Gettysburg where hope returned, as for three long 
days, you. Veterans, held the 'Thermopylae Pass of American History.' 

"Show with all the skill of the artist the matchless manner in which 
the Union Army burrowed its way up the height of Vieksburg until, 
when the surrender came and the men arose on their earthworks, the two 
armies found themselves within a handshaking distance of each other. 

"P*icture Farragut lashed in the rigging amid smoke and fire, and 
the Monitor that saved the Union Navy and changed the character 
of naval warfare for all time. 

"Picture the clouds and the mountain and Hooker's brave boys 
hurling traitors from old Lookout. 

"Picture Missionary Ridge and mark the flash of the guns as the 
signal is given and the line of blue sweeps irresistibly up the hill ! 

"Picture a river of flashing steel si.xty miles wide: 'Tis Sherman 
with his 70,000 Northern bayonets marching from Atlanta to the sea. 

"Paint Kearney, his sabre flashing from his only remaining arm. 
as he dashes l)y and drops the bridle rein from his teeth that he may 
shout : ' Rush in anywhere, boys, there is lovely fighting all along the 
line.' 

"Paint Sheridan on his famous ride and Grant thundering away in 
the wilderness in the land of the jungle and the ooze while the tele- 
graph clicks off to the North the welcome message : 'I propose to fight 
it out on this line if it takes all summer.' 

"Paint Richmond invested by an array it could not shake off, 
and, oh, painter, paint again and place above that proud rebel capitol 
the stars and stripes, and on the other side place Appomattox, and show 



256 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

the boys in blue sharing their rations with the boys in gray ; and then 
paint the picture of a moving host, battle-searred and tempest-riven, 
flags and banners waving, bayonets and sabres flashing, until we shall 
hear again the ringing of the bells in the steeples and the booming of the 
guns for joy and the shouts of the North, and the tramp, tramp, 
tramp of the great host as 300,000 veteran \actorious flag defenders 
pass in review. 

"And on one side of the gateway to this temple let there be carved 
in the rock the words of Webster : ' Liberty and Union, now and for- 
ever, one and inseparable.' And on the other side we will cut the 
words of the martyred President : — 

"'With malice toward none, with charity for all, let us do the right 
as God gives us to see the right.' And finally, above the portals we 
will put the words: 'To the dead.' No! 'To the immortals who 
saved the Union.' 

"For dare ye call that dying — that dignity sublime 
Which gains a furlough from the grave and then reports to time ? 
Doth the earth give up the daisies to a little sun and rain, 
And keep at their feet the heroes while weary ages wane ? 
Sling up thy trumpet, Israel, sweet bugler of our God ! 
For nothing waits thy summons beneath the broken sod : 
For the deadest of these heroes has as silently rent the clod 
As the cloud bursts into flower when the sun shines o'er the bar, 
Or heaven breaks out of the blue and comes out star by star ; 
They march abreast of the ages, with the thunder on the right. 
For they bade the world ' good morning ' when the world had said 
'good night.' " 

DINNER 

An informal reception and dinner at Young's in the after- 
noon, with Commander Stilhngs presiding and Adjutant-Gen- 
eral Oilman of the G. A. R. as Toast-master, was the order. The 
Orator of the day, ex-Governor Bates, was present and made a 
pleasant speech. Upon its conclusion he was unanimously 
elected an Honorary Life Associate Member and invested with 
the beautiful gold badge of an Associate by Commander-in-Chief 
Blackmar. Speeches were also made by others, and the day 
ended in a happy and satisfactory manner. 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CHAFFEE 

An unexpected though greatly appreciated honor occurred on 
the evening of June 21. Lieutenant-General A. B. Chaffee, 
commanding the U. S. Army, on a visit at Tufts College to re- 
ceive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, was by the 
courtesy of Rev. Dr. Hamilton, the acting president, escorted 



PRESIDENT McKINLEY 257 

to Post No. 113 Headquarters. After an informal reception, 
at which all took him by the hand, he sat down with the mem- 
bers at "Soldier's rations"; afterwards, he gave a deeply in- 
teresting talk upon his experiences and impressions during his 
service in the China campaign in connection with the Boxer 
uprising. He spoke freely and unreservedly, knowing his 
words were addressed to former Comrades in arms, who would 
appreciate his confidence and thoroughly enjoy his narrative. 

AN UNWRITTEN INCIDENT OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY 

This visit of General Chaffee brought out a most remarkable 
incident, worthy of perpetuation, as a matter of unwritten 
history and illustrating the tender-heartedness of President 
McKinley and the depth of our democratic institutions under- 
lying the highest civil and military officers of the government 
of the United States. 

Henry, a son of Commander Stillings, became a member of 
the 9th U. S. Infantry, and with his regiment was sent to China 
during the Boxer troubles. The commander of the U. S. troops 
serving there was General Chaffee. At the battle of Tientsin, 
Henry was wounded. This fact was announced by cable but 
without particulars. Commander Stillings was of course deeply 
solicitous for the fate of his son, but upon inquiry learned that 
it was impossible to get a despatch through to China and receive 
a reply ; he was informed that the only way to obtain help was 
through the government. President McKinley was then at 
Canton, Ohio. 

His secretary, Mr. Cortelyou, was then written to and the 
facts stated ; a telegram in reply said that the President had 
directed the Secretary of War to ascertain Henry's condition, 
and report directly to Commander Stillings. In about ten days, 
General Corbin telegraphed that he received a cablegram from 
General Chaffee, who had found Henry, and that he was slightly 
wounded in the right hand and was on board the Solace bound 
for Nagasaki. 

It may well be doubted if a like event ever occurred : The 
circumstance of the government of the United States using its 
great powers at the request of a private citizen where only a 
private soldier of the U. S. Army was the subject, and at a time 
when public business was so urgent. 



258 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The young soldier, Henry, was subsequently discharged by 
reason of his wound and made a Life Honorary Associate Member 
of the Post. He was present and presented to General Chaffee 
upon this visit to the Post, and the meeting of the former private 
and the General of his army was most pathetically interesting. 

Lieutenant-General Chaffee, like his predecessor, Lieutenant- 
General Miles, commenced his military service as a volunteer 
during the Civil War ; entering the Regular. Army later, he rose 
to the highest rank by distinguished ability and bravery. It 
was a rare occasion and one long to cherish in memory. 

COMRADE BLACKMAR ENTERS THE UNIVERSAL ENCAMPMENT 

."I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano ; 
A stage, where every man must play a part." 

Sunday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, July 16, Commander-in- 
Chief Wilmon W. Blackmar, while visiting the Grand Army 
Department of Idaho, was mustered out of life's service on 
earth at Boise, Idaho, to enter that universal Encampment, 
whither all Comrades of the organization rapidly tend. 

The announcement of his demise, though sudden, was not 
wholly unexpected, as it was generally felt by those near him 
that his strength was impaired and the attempt he was making 
to visit every Department of the Grand Army in the United 
States during his year of office, was realized as being too great 
a strain upon his vital forces. Nevertheless, it came as a shock 
to the great mass of Comrades throughout the country, and 
especially to the thousands who had so recently met him at the 
great Encampments and receptions he had attended in many 
of the Departments. 

He was taken "On duty" and as he wished it. Commander 
Stillings and Chaplain Horton met the remains at Chicago and 
rendered all assistance possible to Mrs. Blackmar, who with her 
sister. Miss Brewer, had accompanied the General on this trip 
as they had previously done on others. 

At Boise, Philip Sheridan Post acted as a guard of honor, 
while the body lay in state, and escorted it to the station. 

En route to Chicago, day and night. Comrades boarded the 
train and left floral tributes. At Chicago, the body lay in state 
in the beautiful Memorial building. At Buffalo and Albany, 



COMMANDER BLACKMAR "MUSTERED OUT" 259 

Comrades were present with messages of sympathy and set 
floral pieces. On arrival at Boston, his remains were taken in 
charge by Post No. 113, and tenderly guarded until placed in 
their final resting place at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester. 
Commander-in-Chief John R. King, who succeeded General 
Blackmar, with many other distinguished Grand Army men 
and about twenty-five hundred Veterans of local Posts, took part 
in the obsequies. The ceremonials were solemn and stately 
and made a deep impression on the public mind. 

GENERAL BLACKMAR AND POST NO. 113 

In 1869, young Blackmar was just starting in his professional 
career in Boston. Unmarried and without any affiliations with 
other societies than the Grand Army, he cast in his lot with the 
new organization at its first meeting, bringing to it the en- 
thusiasm of youth, with the maturity of a veteran soldier. 

The Post was his club, his recreation, his social centre. He 
was attracted, naturally, toward his Comrades of the War ; it 
was then a fresh remembrance and all his mind and energies, 
aside from his profession, were centred on the new Post of 
which he had been chosen the first Commander. 

In the dark and dubious days of the decline of the Grand 
Army organization, he clung to the Post and only once lost hope 
and suggested surrendering the charter and forming a Veteran's 
Club, but as a majority decided otherwise, he continued working 
for his beloved Post and lived to see and enjoy its great subse- 
quent prosperity. His methods of advocating any matter upon 
which there was a chfference of opinion, was aggressive yet 
always conciliatory ; to this fact much of his influence and 
success in directing the policies of the Post must be ascribed. 
From first to last he was most relied upon to speak for the Post 
on all social and public occasions. Without doubt, Comrade 
Blackmar was one of the most popular Commanders-in-Chief 
who have filled that office, and his large acquaintance with 
Veterans of so many departments has reflected great honor 
upon Post No. 113, and brought it more prominently into notice 
than ever was the case before. A sketch of General Blackmar's 
life and services in connection with the Grand Army, and an 
account of the funeral obsequies in his memory, are given in 
Chapter IV of this work. 



260 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

October 20, Past Commander Charles Clark Adams joined 
his Chief in the Encampment above. A large number of the 
Post attended his funeral. 

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY 

Wednesday evening, November 22, brought another Anniver- 
sary banquet, which was celebrated with fervor at Young's. 
The attendance was unusually large; the members, associates 
and guests numbered one hundred seventy-seven. Commander- 
in-Chief King and many notable gentlemen were present. 

Commander Stillings presided and Comrade Associate Mem- 
ber William M. Olin was Toast-master. The music was fur- 
nished by Dagget's orchestra, the Schubert Quartette and 
"Olin's Gang." 

The speaking was both witty and grave. Comrade Olin 
fairly outdid himself. Bright and eloquent speeches were made 
by Commander-in-Chief King, Adjutant-General Tweedale, 
Department Commander Wolff, Department Senior Vice- 
Commander Bradley, ex-Attorney General Herbert Parker, 
Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton and others. It was a 
grand and glorious occasion. 

THE POST HOME 

The really most important matter that came before the Post 
this year was the subject of securing new headquarters ; one 
that would be in keeping with the standing and reputation 
of Post No. 113, and at the'same time furnish the "Home" so 
long and ardently sought. After much consideration apart- 
ments were leased in the new Ford building, in process of con- 
struction, corner of Bowdoin Street and Ashburton Place, 
adjacent to the State House and grounds. 

MINOR EVENTS 

At the January meeting appropriate resolutions were adopted, 
complimentary to Comrade Bruerton, who retired from office 
as Post Adjutant, after six years of most acceptable service. 

A pleasant visit of thirty-eight Comrades, thirteen being Post 
Commanders, enlivened the March meeting. Comrade George 
E. Mitchell exhibited the flag, taken from the capitol at Rich- 



THE POST HOME 261 

mond, Va., at the time of its capture in 1865, and gave an account 
of its history. 

May 29, a large number of the members, with their ladies, 
attended Mollis Street Theatre at the opening performance of a 
new play dramatized by Mr. Ira B. Goodrich, Jr., which was 
much enjoyed. 

August 30, Comrade John B. Lewis, Jr., entertained the mem- 
bers at his residence in Reading, upon the occasion of his sixty- 
fourth birthday. 

Commander Ditmus of Robert A. Bell Post No. 134, the only 
colored Post in the Department, was present at the September 
meeting and made interesting remarks relative to certain events 
in the Petersburg campaign. Several members of the Post 
recalled meeting him at the "Crater." 

Comrade Edward J. Jones gave an amusing reminiscence of 
the war relative to his buying a negro boy for twenty-five cents, 
who came north after the War and finally became a Baptist 
minister. 

A donation was made by the Post in aid of the erection of a 
monument to General Fitzhugh Lee in Richmond, Va. 

The Post inspection by Comrade Henry S. Treadwell was 
made in October. 

In December, members of the Post attended the unveiling 
and presentation of a memorial to General Stevenson, in the 
State House. The following Comrades very acceptably en- 
tertained the members at the meetings during the year ; viz. : 
Davis W. Howard, lecture and stereopticon on "Sheridan's 
Campaign against Early in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864." 
Rev. Edward Anderson, in his inimitable manner, related ex- 
periences in his recent trip to Ireland. John B. Lewis, Jr., made 
an address on the "Wrongs of Women in India and Japan." 
Edward J. Jones read a lengthy paper on the "Capture of Rich- 
mond, Va." 

TWO PAST COMMANDERS 

Wilmon W. Blackmar and Charles Clark Adams, together 
with Comrades Andrew M. Benson, March 19, and Hiram 
Whittington, January 31, and Associates Mayor Patrick A. 
Collins and Captain Elijah H. Goodwin were called Home this 
year. 



262 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The number of active members was one hundred twenty- 
eight and Associates eighty-five, the hirgest number of each 
class reached by the Post. 

COMMANDER EPHRAIM B. STILLINGS 
Service — Civil War. 46th Mass. Infantry. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillerj'. 

Commander StilUngs was noted for making the most of each 

occasion presented. His remarkable activity for the Post's 

interests was never before equalled ; and in the few public 

.occasions that occurred, his individuality and executive ability 

were fully shown. 

The ceremonies attending the obsequies of Commander-in- 
Chief Blackmar were not only planned but executed with ful- 
ness of detail, dignified simplicity and precision unsurpassed. 
Of Comrade Stillings, it can be truly said, he was above all 
others the Fidus Achates of Comrade Blackmar. But the really 
most important and enduring result of his labors was in uniting 
the Post upon securing new headquarters in the Ford building. 
Like the Children of Israel in the wilderness, the Post had 
wandered from place to place many, many years, seeking a 
home but without finding the promised land. In Commander 
Stillings the Post discovered its Moses. It was his fertile brain 
that conceived the present possibility of achieving a "Post 
Home"; that negotiated and made the arrangements; that 
planned and brought to success the guarantees of the large 
rental for the full term of the first lease and finally made the 
long-cherished desire a reality. 

To accomplish all this was no easy task; the "Fear Habit" 
had held sway in the Post too long on this subject. Yet, by 
unstinted expenditure of time, labor and enthusiasm all ob- 
stacles were overcome. Owing to unexpected delays in the 
completion of the building. Commander Stillings' official term 
expired before the new quarters were ready for occupancy. 
As Moses saw the beautiful home of Israel from Pisgah's top 
but was not permitted to enter the promised land, so likewise 
did Commander Stillings witness the haven of rest to which he 
had brought the Post but which he did not officially enter. 

His services as Adjutant-General of the Grand Army in 1911 
brought to the National organization a practical business system, 



COMMANDER EPHRAIM B. STILLINGS 263 

promoting correctness!, promptn(>ss and general efficiency. One 
has but to examine the Journal of the Forty-fifth National 
Encampment, with its carefully reported and excellently 
digested subject matter, to imagine — though not realize — the 
great work done by him in said office. 

This Journal of 1911 will long stand as a model of thorough 
editing, superior arrangement and typography. 

"Our deeds stiU travel with us from afar, 
And what we have been makes us what we are.'' 



CHAPTER XLI 

Nineteen Hundred Six 

The New Headquarters. "Blackmar Hall." Death of General 
Joseph Wheeler. Obsequies and Press Notices of Respect. 
Death of Major Edward J. Jones. Obsequies and Appreciative 
Tribute. Colonel John S. Mosby. Memorial Observances. 
Ex-Governor John D. Long Orator. Reception of Baptist 
Social Union. Death of General Edmund Rice. Obsequies 
AND Press Notices of Distinguished Services. Death op 
Past Commander Captain Nathan Appleton. Anniversary at 
Young's. Dedication of Tufts Memorial Tablet. Mrs. 
Blackmar Honored. Minor Events. 

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY DEPARTMENT SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER 
J. PAYSON BRADLEY 

Commander William H. Ruddick. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . George E. Mitchell. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . Frank P. Moss. 

Adjutant Peter J. Rooney. 

(Ira B. Goodrich, vice Rooney resigned.) 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon Dr. Horace E. Marion. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Officer of the Day .... George E. Savory. 
Officer of the Guard . . . Benjamin H. Ticknor. 

Sergeant-Major Augustus C. Jordan. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . J. Howard Sullivan. 

( John C. Cook, Ch., 
Council of Administration . | Augustine Sanderson, 

[ Ephraim B. Stillings. 

[ BowDOiN S. Parker, Ch., 
Trustees of Post | Charles B. Amory. 

[ William H. Alline. 

I Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . •! Ira B. Goodrich, 

[ James Bruerton. 
264 




WILLIAM H. RUDDICK. M.D. 
Post Commander, 1906 and 1907 



THE NEW HEADQUARTERS 265 

THE NEW HEADQUARTERS 

THE important opening event of the year was the removal 
of the Post headquarters from the Odd Fellows building 
to the new Ford building, corner of Bowdoin Street and Ashbur- 
ton Place, February 1 . The " Home " consisted of a large corner 
room on the fifth floor, looking out on the State House Park, 
which had been specially fitted up for the purposes of the Post. 
The furnishings were newly purchased and tastefully arranged for 
convenience and comfort. Many handsome pictures, articles 
of virtu, books, etc. were generously donated by members and 
friends, so that the apartments really embodied the idea of a 
combined Post, society, club and home quarters, convenient of 
access and always open for the use of members and associates. 
For Post meetings excellent accommodations were provided in 
one of the large halls, and dining facilities were conveniently 
arranged. The "Home" proper was appropriately named 
"Blackmar Hall," in honor of the first Commander. 

The first meeting in the Ford building was held February 14, 
in Kingsley Hall, preceded by a family supper, at which the 
new officers extended the "Glad Hand" to a large and enthu- 
siastic company. 

DEATH OF GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER 

When the ^vire announced that our Honorary Life Associate 
Member, General Joseph Wheeler, was no more of earth, every 
Comrade of Post No. 113 realized that they had lost an esteemed 
and loyal friend. There was something in the personality of 
General Wheeler that attracted every one ^^^th whom he came 
in contact. His simplicity and modesty were most fascinating ; 
the more one saw of him, the greater the admiration experienced 
for his honest-hearted manliness and worth. No other person 
ever met with such unaffected cordiality from Boston's public 
as that exhibited towards him as he stood on the stage of Bos- 
ton Theatre upon Memorial Day, 1899. It was a wonderful 
event for liim and for Post No. 113. His subsequent visit to 
the city, and presence at the Anniversary banquet the following 
year, will never be forgotten by those privileged to again take 
him by the hand and later hear the tender words that fell so 
heartily from his lips. 



266 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

His death occurred January 25 at the home of his sister, Mrs. 
Sterhng Smith, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Immediately upon the 
receipt of the intelligence, the Funeral Committee of the Post, 
by direction of the Commander, forwarded a Memorial Flag 
accompanied by the following letter of condolence : — 

."Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Department of Massachu- 
setts, Grand Army of the Republic. Headquarters Odd 
Fellows Building, No. 515 Tremont Street. 

"Boston, January 26, 1906. 
"Mrs. Sterling Smith. 
" Madam: — 
"In behalf of the Officers and members of Edward W. Kinsley Post 
No. 113, I herewith enclose our Memorial Flag, in loving token of the 
memory of General Joseph Wheeler, who was an Honorary Life Asso- 
ciate Member of the Post. 

"A few years since. General Wheeler honored our Memorial Day 
services, held in Boston Theater, by a notable address which touched 
our hearts and made a profound impression upon all our citizens. 
His presence here for several days, with two of his daughters, as guests 
of the Post, was an occasion we shall always recall with great pleasure. 
It is with a feeling of personal sadness that we learned of his decease. 
"His services as a brave Soldier and distinguished Statesman, his 
personal character and broad sympathies, make his death a distinct 
loss to the Nation. 

"We extend our heartfelt condolence to you, to his family and 
expecially to his daughters, whose acquaintance we made upon their 
visit in Boston, and beg that our Memorial for him may be accepted 
as a memento of our great esteem and love. 

" Respectfully your obedient servant, 

" Bowdoin S. Parker. 
^'Chairman, Funeral Committee of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, 
Boston." 

Mrs. Smith's reply : — 

"Mr. Bowdoin S. Parker. 
" Dear Sir : — 
"The beautiful silk Flag was received and placed over my brother's 
picture while in my home. Then it was taken to Washington by his 
daughters. We all appreciate it so much, also the kind sympathetic 
letter that accompanied it. Please accept our thanks and be sure 
your Memorial Flag will always be valued by General Wheeler's 

children. 

" Yours truly, 

" L. J. Smith. 
" Mrs. Sterling Smith, 173 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., 
Feb. 15, 1906." 



GENERAL WHEELER ''MUSTERED OUT." 207 

Subsequently, the following letter was received by the Post 
from General Wheeler's daughter : — 

"Washington, D. C. 

"General Wheeler's children wish to express to the officers and 
members of Edward W. Kinsley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
Boston, their earnest appreciation of their Memorial Flag, the beauti- 
ful and impressive tribute to their father. 

"They are deeply grateful for the sympathy of the Post conveyed 
to them through Mr. Parker's letter. The handsome sword presented 
to him by Post 113, was borne by the riderless horse in his last march 
and will always be cherished by his children. 

" Lucy L. Wheeler." 

GENERAL WHEELER'S FUNERAL 

Sunday, January 28, the body of the soldier of three wars, 
wrapped in the flags under which he had served with almost 
equal distinction, — the Stars and Stripes and the Stars and 
Bars — was given full military honors as his remains were 
escorted to their last resting-place. The procession commenced 
at the home of General Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, 
on Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N.Y., where the General 
died. 

Shortly after 1 o'clock, the funeral cortege crossed the Brook- 
lyn Bridge to the New York side ; here, the 71st Regiment, 
N. Y. N. G., in full dress uniform, was drawn up. This regiment 
served under General Wheeler in Cuba, and was given the post 
of honor in the escort. Infantry from Governor's Island, head- 
quarters of the East, United States Army, also joined the pro- 
cession. Veterans of the Southern and Northern armies min- 
gled with the younger Veterans of the Cuban and Philippine 
campaigns of 1898 and 1899 in paying tribute to General 
Wheeler. 

The route of the cortege was lined with great crowds as the 
solemn procession, to the beat of muffled drums and strains of 
funeral marches, passed by to St. Thomas Episcopal Church 
on Fifth Avenue. The church was thronged. Seats had been 
reserved for members of the Southern society, the Confederate 
Veteran Association, the Society of the War of 1812, and other 
organizations, the personal friends of the family, the honorary 
pall-bearers, the staff of General Frederick D. Grant, U. S. Army, 
and the officers of the escort. 



268 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The altar was almost hidden beneath the floral offerings, 
among them a great wreath sent by President Roosevelt. 

The brief services were conducted by the Rev. Ernest Stires, 
rector of the church, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. 
The honorary pall-bearers were Colonel J. J. Astor, R. T. Wilson, 
Fitch Smith, Dr. John Wyeth, John McKesson, S. R. Bertron, 
Dr. William M. Polk, Commander Parker, U. S. Navy, Archer 
Huntington, General J. H. Wilson, General Kent, Senator 
Clark, of Montana, Charles S. Fairchild, General 0. O. Howard, 
U. S. Army, retired. General Stewart L. Woodford, Dr. R. 
Ogden Doremus and Dr. Parrius. 

From the church the body was escorted across the North 
River to Jersey City, where train was taken for Washington, D. C. 

Early the next morning the remains were conveyed to St. 
John's Episcopal Church, Washington, there lying in state. 
At two o'clock, after brief services, the body was escorted to the 
National Cemetery at Arlington by the following U. S. troops, 
— a battalion of the Engineer Corps ; a squadron of Cavalry 
and all the Artillery troops stationed at Fort Myer, where the 
final obsequies were performed ; and all that was mortal of him 
who had braved death on numberless battle-fields was laid peace- 
fully at rest. 

"And the lights are out, 
The dead are sleeping on the hills, 
And in the vales they sleep, 
And await the reveille 
That calls no more to war, 
But to eternal peace." 

AN EPITOME OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELEr's LIFE 

1836 — Born, September 10. 

1858 — Graduated, West Point. 

1861-1865 — In Civil War on Confederate side, rising to rank of 
Major-General and participating in 1000 fights. 

1865-1880 — Studied and practised law in order to retrieve his 
shattered fortunes. 

1882-1896 — ■ In Congress from eighth district of Alabama. 

1898 — EnUsted in the Spanish-American War, being commissioned 
Major-General of Volunteers, May 4. Was senior officer in immediate 
command on the field of San .Juan, July 1 and 2. 

1899 — In command of camp at Montauk Point. Commissioned 
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army. 



EPITOME OF GENERAL WHEELER'S LIFE 269 

1900 — Commanded brigade of the Eighth Army Corps in the Phil- 
ippines. ^ , • xi 
1906 — Died January 25, at Brooklyn, N.Y. Interred in the 

National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. 

PRESS NOTICES 

The daily press gave much space to notices of General 
Wheeler's death and columns in extended sketches of his 
eventful and remarkable career. A few extracts will indicate 
the pubhc interest manifested. 

From the Boston Post of January 25 : — 

Hero of Three Wars 

"General Joseph Wheeler, the famous Confederate cavalry leader, 
and a Brigadier- General of the United States army since the war with 
Spain died at 5.35 o'clock this afternoon from pneumonia at the 
home of his sister in Brooklyn. The Veteran of two wars was sixty- 
nine years old, but in spite of his age there was hope until yesterday of 
his recovery. 
Gallant Soldier who gave Three of his Children to their Country s Service 

"General Joseph Wheeler, 'Fighting Joe,' was born in Augusta, 
Ga., on September 10, 1836. His ancestors were English, his parents 
one of the first families of Georgia. 

"His education included courses atSeabury College, in Connecticut, 
and other schools in New England and New York. 

"In 1854 he secured the appointment as cadet to the military 
academy at West Point. He was graduated with a good record, re- 
ceived the rank of Lieutenant of Cavalry, and soon after was ordered 
to New Mexico and then to Kansas. 

In the Civil War 

"Then came the Civil War, and Lieutenant Wheeler despatched to 
Washington the resignation of his commission in the regular army and 
hurried back to Georgia. 

"He was soon riding post-haste for Pensacola, Fla., a first lieuten- 
ant's commission in the Confederate army in his pocket, the blue 
uniform exchanged for the gray. • p <. 

"He was offered a colonel's commission in an Alabama intantry 
regiment and promptly accepted it. 

"One of his earliest fights came very near being his last. He and 
his regiment were at Shiloh, and the losses were heavy. In this 
charge he had two horses shot under him. Before he got through with 
the battles of the South, sixteen of his chargers had been killed while 
he was astride them. 



270 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"In October, 1862, he was made Brigadier-General, and in January, 
1863, he was mUde a Major-General. 

"Besides being in over eight hundred skirmishes. General Wheeler 
commanded in more than two hundred battles, many of which, con- 
sidering the numbers engaged, were among the most severe and suc- 
cessful recorded in the history of cavalry. 

"During the War no fewer than thirty-two of his staff officers were 
killed or wounded while riding beside him in battle. He was wounded 
three times slightly and once painfully, and his saddle equipments 
and clothes were frequently struck by missiles. 



In Time of Peace 

"When the end came and Lee laid down his arms, General Wheeler 
found himself practically a wanderer, a poor man, without a calling. 
It was then that he took up the study of law, and making his home 
in Wheeler, LawTence County, Ala., set to work to restore his shattered 
fortunes. 

"Early in the 80's Wheeler was elected to Congress from the eighth 
district of Alabama, and was several times reelected. 



In Command in, Cuba 

"He was commissioned Major-General of Volunteers on May 4, 
and with the appointment President McKinley placed in his charge 
the cavalrj' di\'ision of the army then forming for Cuba. 

"The stories told of him as the result of the Cuban campaign would 
fill a book. 



Surrender of Santiago 

"General Wheeler had only nine hundred men under his command, 
when, on June 24, he fought Lieutenant-General Linares at Las Guasi- 
mas, while the enemy consisted of more than two thousand regular 
Spanish troops, but the victory was decisive. At the battle of San 
Juan, July 1 and 2, he was the senior officer in immediate command 
on the field, and was senior member of the commission which nego- 
tiated the surrender of Santiago and 23,000 Spanish soldiers. 



Brigadier in the Philippines 

"In August of 1900 he was given command of the First Brigade, 
Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, in the Philippines. His service 
in our new possessions won him fresh laurels, for he revelled in the 
guerilla style of warfare. 

"One of General Wheeler's most cherished possessions was the 



OBITUARIES OF GENERAL WHEELER 271 

sword which was given him by the Grand Army Veterans~of Post No. 
113 of Boston. He was the first Confederate Veteran to be invited 
by a Northern G. A. R. Post to be its orator on Memorial Day." 

From the Boston Evening Record : — 

"General Joseph Wheeler's loss comes closest home here to Kinsley" 
G. A. R. Post No. 113, of which he was an Honorary Life Associate 
Member. This Post was the first to recognize Confederate Veterans 
and extend the hand of brotherly love to them. 

"The special mourning flag of the Post, on gold and black, similar 
to that used in the regular army, was sent on and had a place on the 
casket. 

"The story of the Spanish War his Comrades of both wars liked 
best to tell was when the army of Santiago started for that fight, and 
he insisted on being carried in a litter to the front. 

"On the way he gave up his litter to a wounded soldier, mounted a 
horse, and away he went to the firing line, — where he was so strung 
up when the Spaniards broke and ran that he yelled : ' The damned 
Yankees — I mean Spaniards — are on the run ! Give it to 'em, 
boys!' And the Yankees cheered him." 

From the Boston Herald: — 

Brigadier-General Joseph Wheeler is Dead 

Retired Soldier, Statesman and Author succumbs to Pneumonia at Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., after a short illness 

"General Wheeler was born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836. 
His ancestors, both in this country and in England, were of the highest 
respectability. ... In 1854 he was appointed a cadet to the military 
academy at West Point. In 1859 he was graduated as Lieutenant 
of Cavalry, and served in various Indian scouting expeditions. 

"At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned his commission in the 
army, returned to his native state, accepted a first lieutenant's com- 
mission in the artillery of the confederacy and was assigned to garrison 
duty at Pensacola. A few months later he received a colonel's com- 
mission in an Alabama infantry regiment. At the battle of Shiloh the 
regiment and its commander distinguished themselves. 



"In October, 1862, he was made Brigadier-General, and in January, 
1863, he was made a Major-General. His military record was one of the 
brightest. He was in the battle of Shiloh, and Farmington, Miss., the 
fights around Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, the 
siege of Knoxville, Ringgold, Rocky Face, Dalton, Resaca, Cassville, 
New Hope, battles around Kenesaw Mountain, battle of Peach Tree 
Oeek, Decatur, battles around Atlanta, siege of Savannah, battles of 
Averysboro and Bentonville. Besides being in over eight hundred 



272 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

skirmishes, General Wheeler commanded in more than two hundred 
battles. 

Studied Law and Elected to Congress 

"After the War, General Wheeler studied law and set to work to 
restore his shattered fortunes. He made his home at Wheeler, Lawrence 
County, Ala., where he soon built up a lucrative practice. In 1882 he 
was elected a member of Congress, and was returned at each election 
until 1900. In 1898 he was honored by receiving the unanimous nomi- 
nations of all factions in the district. 



"Undoubtedly General Wheeler was a powerful instrument in win- 
ning for American arms the lustre of the triumph at Santiago. He was 
associated intimately with General Shafter in planning the impetuous 
movement, which innumerable obstacles did not prevent from accom- 
plishing its purpose in compelling the surrender of Spanish troops, 
twice as many as were contained in our army actually engaged. It was 
three weeks only from the time of the landing of the American force 
to the completely victorious conclusion of the undertaking. 

"After the Cuban campaign, General Wheeler was sent to the aid 
of General Otis in the Philippines, where he was characteristically 
active and useful until the organized rebellion had dwindled to a guerilla 
warfare. On November 28, 1899, he tendered his resignation as an 
officer in the volunteer forces of the United States. He was shortly 
after made a Major- General of Volunteers. In June, 1900, he was com- 
missioned as a Brigadier-General in the regular army and retired on the 
following September. He returned to Alabama and was unanimously 
renominated for Congress and received the votes of all the political 
factions of his district, this being his tenth election to the Congress of 
the United States. 



"The degree of LL.D. was conferred on General Wheeler by George- 
town College in June, 1899. He was a member of the Society of 
Colonial Wars, the Society of Foreign Wars, the Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, the Society of Sons of the War of 1812, the Society of 
Santiago and the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American 
War ; regent Smithsonian Institution, 1886 to 1900 ; member of the 
board of visitors to the military academy, 1887, 1893, and 1895 ; was 
vice-president of the board in 1887 and president of the board in 1895. 

Was Loved in Boston 

"The news of the death of General Joseph Wheeler will be felt by 
many in this city who had the pleasure of meeting him personally during 
his visits to Boston. Thousands recall the splendid reception accorded 
him by the citizens of Boston when as the special guest of Edward W. 
Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R., he delivered the Memorial Day address 



COMRADE EDWARD J. JONES "MUSTERED OUT" 273 

in the Boston Theatre in 1899. General Wheeler was accompanied 
to Boston on his first visit in 1899 by his two charming daughters, the 
Misses Annie and Carrie Wheeler, who were given a most hospitable 
reception and shared the honors with their illustrious father." 

The name of General "Joe" Wheeler is, — 

"One of the few, the immortal names, 
That were not born to die." 



THE OLDEST MEMBER IS CAX,LED 

Comrade Edward J. Jones, who had well advanced beyond 
fourscore years, was called to rest, April 15. 

He attended the last meeting of the Post held in March in 
apparently full health and vigor, taking an active part in the 
discussions of the business before the Post. He had been one 
of the most constant attendants for years and had often ad- 
dressed the Post on various reminiscences of the War and upon 
other subjects. He loved the Post dearly and was beloved and 
respected by every member. 

His funeral was held in the First Baptist Church, Boston, 
and was largely attended by Comrades, delegations from or- 
ganizations of which he was a member and his many friends. 

The arrangements were in charge of Post No. 113, and the full 
G. A. R. service was finely rendered by Commander Ruddick, 
the Chaplain and Comrades who took part. Three clergymen 
assisted in the Church service, and each delivered a remark- 
able eulogy upon his personal worth and character. He was an 
upright man, a good citizen, a brave soldier and a Comrade 
without reproach. 

"Years follow years, something every day; 
At last they steal us from ourselves away." 

The following extract from an appreciative tribute written by 
Colonel Edward H. Haskell, for the Baptist Social Union, 
Boston, is worthy of perpetuation in this history : — 

******* 

"Major Jones was born October 15, 1820, and was educated in the 
public schools of Boston, graduating from the Eliot Grammar School. 
He immediately prepared himself for the study of law, and, after a 
thorough course, finished his studies, and qualified himself for his pro- 
fession, passing the necessary examination in 1858. 



274 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"At the outbreak of the Civil War he volunteered his services, raised 
one of the most effective batteries of the Union Army, and distinguished 
himself on several of the most important battle-fields, receiving special 
recognition in general orders, 'for conspicuous gallantry' at the battle 
of Fort Stedman. On his return to Boston, he rendered most valuable 
service to his country and State during the draft riots of July, 1863. 
At the close of the War he was appointed Chief of the State Police by 
Governor Bullock, rendering important and timely services to his native 
city. Soon after the organization of the Board of Police Commis- 
sioners, he was appointed to its membership by Mayor Prince, who 
always held him in the highest esteem. He was honored by his fellow- 
citizens of Boston, in being several times elected to represent them in 
the State Legislature. In the earlier years of his life, soon after the 
War, he was appointed Master in Chancery, which position he con- 
tinued to hold till his death, his last appointment having been made 
last year by Governor Douglas. 

******* 

"Major Jones loved his Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic 
and was the oldest member of E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, at the 
time of his death. He appreciated fully the sincerity and depth of 
attachment which has grown up among those whose comradeship was 
born of their service together, through the memorable campaigns of the 
Civil War, and none responded more quickly or liberally than he to 
the needs of those who were in want. None were more faithful in 
their attendance at its meetings, and one of the most gratifying inci- 
dents connected with the service of our raising 'Old Glory' on the 
flagstaff of this building, when we dedicated it to God and the welfare 
of our fellow-men, was his cordial greeting and participation in that 
event, and the delight it gave him to know that the old flag which he 
loved so well would float over the home of the Post which was so dear to 
him. And it is a significant fact that this flag was half-masted for the 
first time in mute but touching recognition of his death. 

"He was also an honored member of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, and highly esteemed by his Comrades. He was also an 
honored and faithful member of Joseph Warren Commandery of Knights 
Templars, Columbian Lodge of Masons, and of the Massachusetts 
Lodge of I. O. O. F., to all of which he brought the warmth and 
courtesy of his nature, and the continued assurance of his interest in 
everything which pertained to their welfare. 

"We shall miss him, as a friend, as a Christian brother, as a com- 
rade, as a citizen of this honored city which he loved, and the inspira- 
tion of his life, and his service to God, to his country, and to his fellow- 
men, will remain with us as a legacy, which we, as members of the 
Baptist Social Union, and as fellow-comrades, should cherish as part 
of our most valued possessions. 

"It is such men who have made our beloved country possible. 

"It is such men who have made it great. 



COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY 275 

"And it is of such men as Major Jones that it might be said, as of 
another patriot and statesman, who has also passed to his reward : — 
" 'How much he cared for his country ! 
How little for praise or pelf ! 
A man too simply great 
To scheme for his proper self.' " 

COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY 

An unexpected visit by Colonel John S. Mosby, the daring 
ex-Confederate Cavalry commander, would not have been an 
unusual circumstance forty odd years ago, in the experience 
of quite a number of the members of the Post, — indeed, several 
had the good or ill fortune of being taken prisoners by him, but 
they all give him a good name for his treatment of prisoners. 

To the surprise of the "boys," Colonel Mosby, being in the 
city upon a Post night, consented to call. He was given a 
hearty reception and did not seem averse to recalling the 
thrilling times of long ago, much to the edification of all con- 
cerned. Post No. 113 discovered some time since that the War 
was over, and, as everybody knows, has acted accordingly. The 
meeting of War Veterans who served upon opposite sides always 
has an interest and piquancy about it quite incomprehensible 
to the civiUan. 

But to those who have tried the gauge of battle with foemen 
worthy of their steel, there always springs an irresistible under- 
tone of respect, and when all is over and the gentle hand of 
time has smoothed the resentments of war, there arises a 
genuine regard which increases as the years go by. 

MEMORIAL OBSERVANCES 

The Memorial Sunday, May 26, and Memorial Day, May 30, 
were both faithfully observed. At Tremont Temple, Memorial 
Day, the services were attended by a crowded house, who 
listened with rapt attention to the parts of the ritual taken by 
the Comrades. 

The Orator of the Day was ex-Governor John D. Long, 
who delivered a most scholarly address, filled with poetic 
imagery. It was a poem of thought presented in the purest 
diction, worthy of the occasion and the reputation of the gifted 
speaker. 



276 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

AFTERNOON 

The dinner at Young's in the afternoon was fully attended 
by members and associates ; sociality with orchestral music, 
the "Old Songs" by the "boys," speeches by guests and others, 
well rounded out the day. 

Commander Ruddick presided and Past Commander Good- 
rich was Toast-master. Responses to toasts were made by 
the following gentlemen: "United States" by Mr. Jeremiah 
J. McCarthy, Surveyor of the Port; "The Commonwealth" 
by Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. ; "The City of Boston " by Mayor 
John F. Fitzgerald; "The Army" by Comrade Greenleaf A. 
Goodale, Brigadier-General U. S. Army (retired) ; "The Navy" 
by Comrade Paul H. Kendricken; and "The Grand Army of 
the Republic" by Department Commander J. Payson Bradley. 

RECEPTION BY THE BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION 

By the courtesy of the Baptist Social Union, the Post attended 
a reception the evening of June 4. Dinner was served in Ford 
Hall, followed by patriotic exercises, partaking of the nature of 
a Camp Fire, the latter being conducted by Post No. 113. 
Commander Ruddick presided with grace, and after making 
an excellent address, severally introduced the speakers in a 
felicitous manner. Music was furnished by "Olin's Gang," 
whose peculiarities being new to the members of the Union, 
quite carried them away with the old war songs, so familiar to 
all War Veterans. Addresses relating to personal reminis- 
cences of the Civil War were made by Major-General Oliver O. 
Howard, one of the few general officers remaining, who held 
high command in the army during the War ; Comrade and 
Brigadier-General Greenleaf A. Goodale; Colonel Charles E. 
Hapgood; Brigadier- General H. B. Carrington; Department 
Commander J. Payson Bradley ; Comrade Paul H. Kendricken ; 
and Colonel Edward H. Haskell. 

It proved one of the most delightful occasions of the year, 
both for the Comrades and the Union. 

"Of all human things nothing is more honorable or more excellent 
than to deserve well of one's Country." — Cicero. 



COMRADE EDMUND RICE "MUSTERED OUT" 277 

ANOTHER SOLDIER OF THREE WARS PASSES OVER THE 

RIVER 

Again the summons came, and Comrade Edmund Rice re- 
sponded to the call at his home in Wakefield, July 20. 

Brigadier-General Rice, U. S. Army (retired), was born in 
Cambridge, Mass., December 2, 1842, and was intimately con- 
nected with his native State by his command of Massachusetts 
regiments. His residence since his retirement from active service 
was in Boston and Wakefield. His career was remarkable, in 
that his whole life was devoted to the service of his Country. 

Like Lieutenant-General Miles, he commenced as a Volunteer 
in 1861, afterwards entering the Regular Army, and by merit 
reached the rank of a general officer. He was noted for his 
winning personality, his fidelity to duty, his solicitude for the 
comfort and well-being of the men under his command and his 
ability and bravery. Well may it be said that : — 

!'None knew thee but to love thee, 
Nor named thee but to praise." 

FUNERAL SERVICES 

At a meeting called by Commander Ruddick, the represen- 
tatives of the Post and military organizations with which 
General Rice had been connected in the Civil, Spanish and 
Philippine wars, with the aid of the Governor, made suitable 
arrangements for the funeral obsequies, which included a 
military escort composed of troops of the United States and 
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. 

Services at Greenwood 

The tribute in Boston was prefaced at the late residence of General 
Rice in the village of Greenwood, Wakefield, by a private service for 
his stricken family. 

The services, of a simple character, were read by the Rev. Rufus 
S. Chase, rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Wakefield. 
Besides relatives and friends, there were present delegates from Kins- 
ley Post 113, G. A. R., of Boston, who had charge of the funeral, 
and representatives from the Loyal Legion and Medal of Honor of 
New England. 

When the services were concluded by the Rev. Dr. Chase, the 
impressive and solemn Grand Army service was given by Comrades of 



278 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

the Klinsley Post. Governor Guild delivered a glowing eulogy of the 
dead soldier, in which he said in part : — 

"You men have served the red, white, and bkie flag of the United 
States and the white flag of Massachusetts long and faithfully. 
There are men who have served with the General in the Civil War, 
in Porto Rico and in the Philippines, gathered here to-day heartily 
in sorrow, but more in exultation because God was willing to give us 
such a noble life to serve not only Massachusetts, but the United 
States. General Rice was a noble citizen, a fearless soldier and a 
gentleman. What better epitaph can man have on this earth?" 

Taps were sounded by Bugler James Findlay of Company A, 
6th Infantry, M. V. M. Fifteen members of the Warren Camp 33, 
Sons of Stoneham, did honorary escort duty. 

The floral pieces were numerous and especially elaborate. 

Following the services the body was escorted to the Greenwood 
depot. 

The paU bearers were : Adjutant-General James A. Frye, repre- 
senting the Governor and commonwealth ; Generals Samuel M. Mans- 
field and Greenleaf A. Goodale, U. S. Army (retired) ; Major George 
T. Coppins, 19th Massachusetts Regiment Association ; Captain Wil- 
liam A. HiU, Massachusetts Commandery, Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion of the United States ; Lieutenant-Colonel Butler 
Ames, 6th Massachusetts Infantry, U. S. V. ; General Thomas R. 
Mathews, Colonel Bowdoin S. Parker and Henry M. Upham, of Kinsley 
Post No. 113 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Talbot, 26th United States 
Volunteer Infantry, Philippine War. 

Military Honors in Boston 

On arrival in Boston the column was formed and the march was 
taken up through Canal, Washington, School and Beacon streets, 
where the column formed in a line stretching from Tremont Street 
beyond the Capitol, and the troops presented arms as the casket was 
borne along to the Beacon Street front, where it was carried up the 
steps and deposited in the rotunda of the Hall of Flags. There Captain 
John P. Reynolds of the 19th Mass. Infantry had arranged the banner of 
the Loyal Legion of the United States at the head of the casket, flanked 
by the standards of the society, and at the foot the banner of the 19th 
Massachusetts Regiment Association, flanked by the colors of Kinsley 
Post No. 113, G. A. R. The general's chapeau, sword and belt were 
placed on the lid of the casket. 

At the head there were beautiful floral tributes. Mrs. Rice was 
the first to view the face, and was afterward escorted to the balcony by 
Governor Guild. A guard of honor was supplied for the first hour by a 
platoon of the United States Regulars from the harbor defences, and for 
the second hour by a platoon of the 6th Infantry M. V. M. The 
people came pouring through the hall, followed by the men of the 
regiments which had served with the dead soldier in his three wars. 



OBSEQUIES OF COMRADE GENERAL RICE 279 

March to the South Station 

At 5.45 the line was again formed with the addition of Kinsley 
Post No. 113, G. A. R., the Veterans of the 19th Massachusetts Volun- 
teers (Civil War), the 6th Massachusetts, U. S. Volunteers (Spanish 
War) and the 26th United States Volunteers (Philippines). To the 
strains of " Lead, Kindly Light," by the band, preceded by the sergeant- 
at-arms, Captain David T. Remington, and immediately followed by 
Governor Guild and the bearers, the casket was taken down the steps 
to the caisson. 

The Une of march was then taken to the South Station. Here a 
picket guard had been established from the " President's Gate " through 
the great train house to the funeral train which was to bear the casket 
to Washington. The sentries presented arms, and the body, imme- 
diately followed by Commander WiUiam H. Ruddick, Comrades 
Thomas R. Mathews, Bowdoin S. Parker, Henry M. Upham and 
Greenleaf A. Goodale of Kinsley Post No. 113; Adjutant-Genera) 
James A. Frye, representing the Governor and Lieutenant-Colonel 
Thomas Talbot, representing the 26th U. S. Volunteers, was borne 
into the baggage car. A special guard, representing Massachusetts, 
went to Washington with the body. The troops were dismissed in 
Dewey Square. 

INTERMENT AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 

The mortal remains of General Rice were tenderly laid at rest 
by loving friends at a spot which he had selected sometime 
since, in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. 

The public interest in the funeral ceremonies of General 
Rice was general, and the respect shown by all classes very 
marked. 

The arrangements and the whole conduct of the obsequies 
reflected great credit upon the Post. 

The press notices of General Rice's life achievements with the 
details of the funeral were given at length. A few extracts 
will indicate their scope : — 

From the Boston Herald : — 

"Massachusetts honors the memory of the late General Edmund Rice 
by opening to his bier the Hall of the Flags where the soldier rested in 
the shadow of his own battle standards of the ' Fighting Nineteenth,' 
which he so bravely supported in the hand-to-hand fight of the 'bloody 
angle' at Spottsylvania. 

"To but one other soldier's funeral has the beautiful hall at the State 
House been opened, that of the late General Blackmar, Commander-in- 



280 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Chief of the Grand Army. It has been the unwritten law for genera- 
tions that only such concession should be made in the case of a departed 
governor or senator of the United States dying in office. 

"But it was because of the altogether unique service of this gallant 
son of Massachusetts, born in Cambridge, who lived to command 
practically three regiments from this commonwealth in three wars 
— the 19th Massachusetts Volunteers, which he proudly brought home 
at the close of the Civil War ; the 6th Massachusetts Infantry, U. S. 
Volunteers with which he came home from the war with Spain, and 
the 26th United States Volunteers, a regiment recruited and officered so 
largely by Bay State men as to be of itself a Massachusetts command. 

"It is many years since Boston had seen such a stately, yet simple, 
funeral as that accorded to General Rice. The rush for home had 
started when the funeral parade was in Tremont Street, but hundreds 
halted and bared their heads as the casket rolled by. In the ranks 
which were doing honor to the memory of General Rice were volun- 
teers who had marched across Porto Rico, others who had faced with 
him the Moros, and many who had known with him the awful minutes 
of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. The flag at the State House 
was half-masted. The Governor, his head bared, followed the casket 
as it was taken out of Memorial Hall. It was, in short, the funeral of 
a soldier. 

******* 

"The pathos was given by the twenty-flve whitened Veterans of the 
19th Massachusetts Regiment Association (Civil War), who faced with 
General Rice the terrific hand-to-hand fighting in the 'Bloody Angle' 
of Spottsylvania, where the general and a number of these survivors 
were captured by the enemy." 

From the Boston American: — 

"General Rice had been a soldier all his life. He had fought in 
three wars. He commanded the 19th Massachusetts Regiment at 
Gettysburg in the Ci\'il War when it repulsed Pickett's famous charge. 

"He took command of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment in the 
Spanish War when it was in an almost chaotic state, and he brought it 
home one of the best volunteer regiments in the service. 

"He commanded the 26th U. S. Volunteers, the Massachusetts 
Regiment in the Philippines, and it made a record to be proud of. 

"As a son and a soldier, Massachusetts gave him a public funeral 
and allowed his body to lie in state in the State House, an honor here- 
tofore accorded only dead Governors and United States Senators.'! 

From the Boston Record : — 

"The funeral of General Edmund Rice took place yesterday, the 
ceremonies including lying in state at the State House after an impos- 
ing funeral procession in the streets of Boston. 



OBITUARIES OF COMRADE GENERAL RICE 281 

"At the foot of the stairways leading to the State House stood Gov- 
ernor Guild and Major Glines, his Aide. They received the eoffin and 
with the honorary pall-bearers escorted it to the Hall of Flags, where 
the catafalque had been arranged. 

"Governor Guild escorted the widow to the catafalque, and the re- 
mainder of the family followed. Afterwards came the Veterans of the 
old 19th, and other G. A. R. men. Afterward the public was admitted, 
the body being exposed to view. The general looked as if peacefully 
asleep. 

******* 

"The respect shown on all hands when the funeral cortege of the 
late General Rice was passing through the streets yesterday gave rise to 
many comments. All along the line almost every man bared his head 
as the caisson bearing the casket draped with the flag passed by. At 
the South Station several thousand people gathered, and there were 
few men who did not hold their hats in their hands. On the way to 
the station it rained quite hard, yet the same respect was manifested. 



"Xo human being who took part in General Edmund Rice's funeral 
was more closely watched than the general's light bay, saddled and 
equipped as the general last rode it on parade, with his boots in the 
stirrups, led by a colored orderly behind the caisson in the procession. 
The horse seemed to understand it all. 



"Edmund Rice at sixty-four had served his country in three wars, 
and with great credit, gallantry and ability. After Major Rice 
of the old 19th Massachusetts led the advance of that regiment and 
the 42d New York by which the charge of Pickett's di\-ision at Gettys- 
burg was stopped, his rank as a soldier in the ej-es of the nation was 
settled. But in less striking service, years after, in Porto Rico and in 
the Philippines, he proved his worth. It was the work in the Philip- 
pines that took him away." 

From the Boston Post : — 

General Rice's Body in the Hall of Flags 

"Surrounded by tattered battle flags of the 'Fighting Nineteenth' 
which he so bravely followed in the hand-to-hand fight of the 'Bloody 
Angle ' at Spottsylvania, the body of General Edmund Rice, hero of three 
wars, was accorded the usual honor of l\-ing in state in the Hall of 
Flags at the State House. 

"General Blackmar, late Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R., is 
the only other soldier who has ever been honored in this way. 

"Owning to General Rice's unique war record, this tribute was paid 
to his memory. 



282 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

"He commanded the 19th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War 
and the 6th Massachusetts U. S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American 
War." 

CAPTAIN NATHAN APPLETON 

Past Commander Nathan Appleton passed from earth at 
Boston, August 20, being the twelfth Post Commander to answer 
the last roll-call. Agreeably to his request his funeral was held 
in King's Chapel, and delegations from Post No. 113, the 5th 
Massachusetts Light Battery and the Loyal Legion were present. 
A sketch of Past Commander Appleton will be found in Chapter 
XIII of this work. 

THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY 

November 22, one hundred fifty Comrades, Associates and 
guests assembled at Young's for the annual gala festival 
of the year. After an hour's delightful reunion and general 
felicitations, the company proceeded to the banquet hall, which 
was completely filled, for the more elaborate completion of 
the evening's entertainment. Commander Ruddick presided 
and Comrade Josiah H. Benton, Jr., was Toast-master. The first 
speaker was ex-Governor John D. Long, who delivered one of 
his most entertaining speeches, replete with wit and words of 
wisdom. At its conclusion he was informed of his unanimous 
election as an Honorary Life Associate Member of Post No. 
113, and was formally presented and invested with the beautiful 
sohd gold badge of an Associate amid great applause. In the 
absence of the Governor from the State, Attorney-General 
Dana Malone very wittily and acceptably responded for the 
Commonwealth. President Dolan of the Common Council, 
in the absence of the Mayor, represented the city and delivered 
an excellent address. Then followed Comrade Goodale, who 
spoke for the Army and Navy. 

The other speakers were Department Commander Bradley 
and Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton, both famous 
for lively and entertaining talks upon all occasions. Daggett's 
orchestra furnished appropriate music. The gathering, while 
less demonstrative than upon some similar occasions, was full 
of good cheer and the best of fraternity. The arrangements 
were well made and carried out with smoothness and absence 



DEDICATION OF TUFTS' MEMORIAL TABLET 283 

of any "Fuss and Feathers" ; altogether it was one of the most 
chummy and companionable Anniversaries for years. 

POST NO. 113 DEDICATES TUFTs' MEMORIAL TABLET 

The concluding event of the year was the dedication by Post 
No. 113 of a memorial tablet erected in honor of the Volunteers 
in the Civil War who went from Tufts College. This ceremony 
was never before performed by any Post of the Grand Army 
in this Department. 

December 15, the Post, in full uniform, proceeded to Tufts 
College, where Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., the Presi- 
dent, with the faculty of the College, received them in Ballou 
Hall, with the distinguished guests invited, among whom were 
Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and staff; General Embury P. Clark 
commanding the First Brigade, M. V. M., and staff; General 
Jophanus H. Whitney commanding the Second Brigade, M. V. 
M., and staff; Colonel Davis and staff; Captains Howells, 
Todd, Kimball and Lieutenant Sibley, all of the U. S. Army ; 
Dr. Samuel Capen; Members of the Board of Trustees; and 
prominent alumni of the College. 

At the conclusion of the reception all repaired to Goddard 
Chapel, which was crowded to its capacity, with ladies and 
friends of the institution. The Post were seated in the tran- 
sept where the Tablet had been erected, having inscribed 
thereon the names of the students who enlisted and served in the 
Civil War, — sixty-three in number. Included in the list were 
the names of three members of Post No. 113, viz. : Past Com- 
manders Eugene H. Richards and William Carleton Ireland — ■ 
both deceased — and the present Commander William H. 
Ruddick. The music was furnished by a mixed chorus of 
seventy-five trained voices under the leadership of Professor Leo 
R. Lewis, head of the musical department of the college. 

ORDER OF EXERCISES 

The order of exercises were well arranged. 

President Hamilton's Address 
President Hamilton spoke in part as follows : — 

"The war of the rebellion found Tufts a very small affair; its first 
students had hardly passed through the institution, but the men in 



284 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Tufts at that time were of the best blood and brain in the New England 
States. 

"When the agitation arose over the impending conflict, meetings 
and rallies were held, and when the call to arms came, the men re- 
sponded in a noble and enthusiastic manner. In fact, I have found that 
of all the men who enrolled at Tufts, one-third enlisted in the service 
of the United States on land or sea. 

"These men nobly did the duty for which they volunteered ; some 
left their bodies on the battle-field ; some returned shattered and broken 
in health, while others brought back their youth and have served the 
nation long and well, some until their death. 

"Little Tufts sent sixty-three men to the Civil War. Sometimes 
we hear that the tendency of the college is to hold its students aloof 
from the world, but these men did not live apart. They risked their 
lives and futures ; they gave everything they had to give. I believe 
that if the call were made to-day to defend the flag, a battalion could 
be raised at Tufts. 

"So a fitting memorial has been placed in the walls of this building, 
so that the names shall last as long as the institution shall endure. 
It is not a roll of dead, it is a roll of honor. These names are here so 
that as generations of students come and go in this beautiful chapel 
they shall see what this college did for their country long ago." 

DR. GIBBS' ADDRESS 

The Rev. Dr. Gibbs, Tufts '59, a member of the 44th 
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, then spoke for the surviv- 
ors of the War in a very acceptable manner; his opening 
remarks being very witty, and concluding with highly patriotic 
sentiments. 

GOVERNOR guild's ADDRESS 

Governor Guild said : — 

"It may not be well to boast abroad of the Bay State, but surely 
here in one of the temples of Massachusetts ideals, the achievements 
of her citizen-soldiers, inspired by those ideals, may well be brought to 
mind. 

"In 1860 Massachusetts had a population of 1,231,066. According 
to the records of the adjutant general's office, Massachusetts furnished 
159,165 men to the struggle for the union. States claiming to have 
furnished the most men in proportion to their size, boast that ten men 
went to war for every one hundred of population, but Massachusetts 
bettered even that phenomenal record by sending thirteen men for 
every one hundred of the population. 

"As in the first war of the United States, so in the last war of the 
United States, Massachusetts was the first ready for duty in the great 



ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR GUILD 285 

rebellion. There is scarce a page of the history of that war that does 
not bear the name of this commonwealth ; scarce a battlefield or sea 
fight where Massachusetts blood was not spilled ; scarce a spot in the 
theatre of war from the British Channel to Texas of which Massa- 
chusetts could not echo the familiar cry of .^neas : ' Quae regio in 
terris nostri non plena laboris." 

"The records of the treasury department show that the first offer 
of financial aid without interest came from the town of Salisbury. 
To Samuel.Hooper of Boston, Secretary Chase said he owed more than 
to any man in the United States. 

"Lincoln calls for troops, and the first blood is shed by the 6th 
Massachusetts. The first aggressive movement is made in eastern 
Virginia. The order comes from a Massachusetts major-general, and 
the 4th Massachusetts, the first regiment to leave the State, shares in 
the first attack and in the sacrifice. Richmond is taken, and the first 
troops to enter the city are Troops E and H, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, 
and it is their guidons that first rise above the roof of the capitol of the 
confederacy. 

"Twenty thousand sailors from Massachusetts — a larger enlist- 
ment in the navy than that of any other State save New York — 
manned the guns of the Union fleets. Massachusetts furnished more 
than a fifth of all the naval officers. The life and soul and brains of 
the navy department was a son of Massachusetts, Gustavus Vasa Fox. 
In the first naval and military success of Fort Hatteras the troops were 
under a Massachusetts general ; in the second (at Port Royal) the 
ships were under a Massachusetts fleet captain. 

"The Merrimac steams out in impregnable armor. She is faced 
by the helpless wooden vessels. Marston of Massachusetts fights the 
Roanoke with her. The C umherland goes down in flames with her 
flag still flying, and not one, but hundreds, of American Casabiancas 
with her. The Merrimac s commander falls before the C umherland' s 
last shot, fired as the lip of the gun kisses the water, and it is the hand 
of Morris of Massachusetts that is upon the lanyard. 

Other Massachusetts Heroes 

"A grounded monitor, helpless on a bar in the Mississippi, holds at 
bay and repulses a victorious Confederate army. It is Selfridge of 
Massachusetts who has won the unique glory of winning a sea fight 
on shore. Farragut leads to victory in Mobile bay, but it is Nicholson 
of Massachusetts and his monitor that crush in the armor of the giant 
ram, and the rebel admiral who sunk the Cumberland hauls down his 
flag on the Tennessee. 

"Europe gathers upon the cliffs of Cherbourg to watch the crack 
Confederate cruiser, manned with picked gunners of the British navy, 
demonstrate the claimed inferiority of Yankee sea fighting. The Con- 
federate commander loses both ship and crew, escaping in an Eng- 
lish yacht after hauling down his flag, but British ship, British guns, 
British gunners, go down to the depths with the Confederate cause 



286 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

on the high seas before the superior gunnery of a Yankee ship and a 
Yankee crew, and by the side of the Constitution and Monitor there is 
anchored forever in naval history the Kearsarge and Winslow of Massa- 
chusetts. 

"It is impossible even to summarize the service of the Bay State in 
the army. Some notion of it may be gained from the fact that this 
single State gave the country during the Civil War two hundred general 
officers. For every seven hundred men who went into the army from 
Massachusetts, one at least won a general's star. , 

"There was scarcely a Department where the rank and file did not 
lay down their lives. They shared the first invasion of Virginia at 
Big Bethel. They planted the flag of the 22d on the works at York- 
town. They fought in North Carolina under Burnside and Foster. 
The only guns of the army that aided the navy at the passage of Vicks- 
burg were those of Massachusetts batteries. 

"They were Massachusetts men who led the march to death with 
a smile at Port Hudson. They suffered for the folly that planned the 
Florida campaign. They died under the guns of Sumter and Wagner. 
They formed the living bulwark behind which the bridge of boats was 
built at Fredericksburg. 

"When Sleeper's little battery held back an army at Gettysburg, it 
was Massachusetts' blood that stained the sponge and rammer. They 
fell in every campaign in the Army of the Potomac, and cheered for 
Fighting Joe of Massachusetts whether they followed him in defeat 
in the army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, or whether they climbed 
with him to the stars to win a victory above the clouds at Lookout 
Mountain. 

"They followed Sherman into Georgia and helped drive Longstreet 
from Tennessee. They rode with Lowell and Sheridan through the 
Shenandoah, and struggled with Grant out of the Wilderness into the 
light of Appomattox. 

"Such is Massachusetts. The roll of the Knights of the Golden 
Circle shows no copperhead lodge within her borders. Her best 
eulogy is the plain recital of the deeds of her sons. Her best inheri- 
tance is the Puritan conscience that, adopted or inherited, has sent and 
shall send her sons forth to the sacrifices of peace as well as of war, 
that righteousness may indeed exalt a nation." 

MRS. BLACKMAR HONORED 

The year's notable events were fittingly rounded out by the 
unanimous election of Mrs. Helen R. Blackmar as an Honorary 
Life Associate Member of the Post ; a well-merited recognition 
of her interest in and aid to the Grand Army, and especially Post 
No. 113, and in remembrance of her late husband, Commander- 
in-Chief Blackmar, the first Commander of the Post. 



MRS. HELEN R. BLACKMAR HONORED 287 

MINOR EVENTS 

Valuable articles for the furnishing and use of "Blackmar 
Hall " were contributed by Mrs. Blackmar, Comrades Armmg- 
ton Brooks, Dolliver, Jones, North, Parker and Robinson. 

February 24, Mrs. Ida Louise Cxibbs of Waltham gave a 
patriotic entertainment, entitled "The Genesis of the Flag," 
in Ford Hall, which was attended by members of the Post and 
their ladies. Colonel Thomas W. Higginson and others made 
appropriate addresses. It was a unique and interestmg even- 

ing 

At the March meeting Comrade Frank P. Moss read a 

sketch of his capture by Mosby. 

In April, Comrade Greenleaf A. Goodale gave a paper on 
"The Moros in the Phihppines" as he found them in his late 
service as a Regular Army officer. 

On Patriot's Day, April 19, Comrade James T. Davis gave a 
most sumptuous entertainment to members of the Post at his 
residence in Lexington. 

June 20, a paper by Comrade Henry G. Dorr recited many ot 
his experiences as a prisoner during the War, under the title of 
"The Swinging Sign." It was a taking paper. 

"bunker hill day" 

On June 18, Comrade Rev. Edward Anderson and Mr. Dexter 
E Wadsworth, his son-in-law, and a Kinsley Associate, hospi- 
tably entertained the Post at their residence in Quincy ; and 
Comrade John B. LeAvis, Jr., held a reception at his home in 
Reading, August 30, in commemoration of his sixty-fifth birth- 
day, to which the members and their ladies were invited. 

At the September meeting, Comrade Rev. Joshua P. L. Bod- 
fish read a comprehensive communication detailing his experi- 
ences as a delegate to the National Encampment of the Grand 
Army at Minneapolis, which was replete with wit, humor and 
pathos. It was altogether the most interesting paper of its 
kind ever presented to the Post. At the same meeting Comrade 
John B. Lewis, Jr., gave a very amusing and instructive account 
of his recent visit to California and Alaska. 

October 4, the Fall Field day was revived, and members and 
Associates enjoyed one of the old-time outings with good cheer 



288 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

at headquarters in the evening. At the October meeting Com- 
rade Paul H. Kendricken read a highly interesting paper on 
"Captain Robert Small, Pilot of the Steamer Planter." 

The annual Post Inspection followed, conducted by Comrade 
T. R. Appleton of Post No. 191. 

The losses, aside from Comrades Jones, Rice, Appleton and 
Associate General Wheeler, were Comrade George A. Fales, 
May 3, whose funeral was held in the Second Church, Copley 
Square, the Post attending and performing the G. A. R. service ; 
and Comrade George C. Appleton, May 31, whose funeral was 
held at his late residence in Roxbury, at which a delegation of 
the Post was present. 



CHAPTER XLII 

Nineteen Hundred Seven 

Installation of Officers. Unveiling of Tablet to Memory of 
Comrade Major Edward J. Jones. Memorial Day. Rev. 
Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., President of Tufts College, 
Orator. Unveiling of Tablet to Comrade General Wilmon 
W. Blackmar. Reception in New Headquarters. Subse- 
quent Entertainments. Anniversary Reception and Ban- 
quet. Death of Past Commander George E. Henry. Minor 
Events. Sketch of Commander William H. Ruddick. 

THE year opened with the installation ceremonies excellently 
performed by Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Wilfred 
.A. Wetherbee. The list of officers was substantially the same 
as for the previous year. 



Commander .... 
Senior Vice-Commander 
Junior Vice-Commander 
Adjutant .... 
Quartermaster . . 
Surgeon „ . . . 
Chaplain .... 
Patriotic Instructor 
Officer of the Day 
Officer of the Guard 
Sergeant-Major . . 
Quartermaster-Sergeant 



Council of Administration 



Trustees of Post 



Trustees of Relief Fund 



William H. Ruddick. 
George E. Mitchell. 
Frank P. Moss. 
BowDoiN S. Parker. 
Arthur Hooper. 
Horace E. Marion, M.D. 
Rev. Edward A. Horton. 
John B. Lewis, Jr. 
George E. Savory. 
Benjamin H. Ticknor. 
Henry J. Bardwell. 
J. Howard Sullivan. 
John C. Cook, Ch., 
Ephraim B. Stillings, 
Augustine Sanderson. 
Bowdoin S. Parker, Ch., 
harles B. Amory, 

ILLIAM H. AlLINE. 

Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 

AMES BrUERTOX, 

A B. Goodrich. 
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290 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

TABLET TO MEMORY OF COMRADE MAJOR JONES 

On Memorial Sunday, May 26, by special invitation, the Post 
attended the First Baptist Church of Boston and took part in 
the ceremonies attending the unveiling of a tablet, erected 
by the Church, in memory of our late Comrade, Major Edward 
J. Jones. 

The pastor, Rev. Francis H. Rowley, D.D., delivered a strong 
address evincing thought and historical research, and Com- 
mander Ruddick followed with a fitting tribute to the worth 
of Major Jones, as a man, a soldier and citizen. The music 
and other exercises were worthy of the interesting and solemn 
occasion. 

MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES 

The preparation of the details of the day had been made 
with unusual care. After the decoration of individual graves 
and memorial tablets by details from the members on the morn- 
ing of May 30, the largest number of Comrades ever parading on 
a similar occasion assembled at headquarters. At 9 o'clock a.m. 
line was formed with the following escort : Detail of Police, 
The American Watch Company Band, The National Lancers 
(dismounted), and the Kinsley Associates. The service at 
the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at the Common was more 
effectively rendered than usual. The column made a fine 
military appearance and reached the Tremont Temple promptly 
on time. The vast audience crowding the auditorium included 
over one thousand pupils of the Boston public schools. The 
latter sang two pieces in unison very acceptably. A novel 
feature of the service was the recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg 
Address by Master Ernest Caverly, a youth of twelve years and 
a member of the Bigelow Grammar School of South Boston, 
which was very creditably performed amid much applause. 
The Orator of the Day was Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., 
President of Tufts College, a Kinsley Associate. For matter 
and oratorical effect, the speaker has been rarely excelled. The 
music and Grand Army service were sympathetically rendered, 
and many expressions of appreciation were voiced by numerous 
persons present. 

Upon leaving the Temple the escort and Post marched at once 



TABLET TO MEMORY OF COMRADE MAJOR JONES 291 

to the American House, where the afternoon reception and 
dinner were held. 

THE DINNER 

After partaking of the generous refreshment provided, the 
Commander called the assembly to order and congratulated 
the Post upon the very successful celebration of the day. He 
closed by introducing Adjutant Bowdoin S. Parker as Toast- 
master. 

The several speakers were presented by neat and witty re- 
marks by the Toast-master, the speaking having been arranged 
so that special topics were treated by different members of the 
Post. 

A better exhibition of good solid entertaining Post oratory 
was never enjoyed. The speakers were Comrades John B. 
Lewis, Jr., Rev. Edward A. Horton, Past Commanders 
Denny, Stillings, Hall, Mathews and Sawin. Short and 
pithy addresses were also made by Rev. Frederick W. Hamil- 
ton, D.D., the Orator of the Day, Rev. Francis H. Rowley, 
D.D., Rev. Charles E. Beale and Captain Albert A. Gleason. 
It was altogether a most delightful and satisfying occasion. 

UNVEILING THE TABLET TO MEMORY OF COMRADE 
GENERAL BLACKMAR 

On Sunday, June 9, members and Associates attended the 
unveiling of a tablet erected in the old First Unitarian Church 
at Hingham to the memory of Past Commander and Com- 
mander-in-Chief, Wilmon W. Blackmar. The exercises were 
nominally in charge of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Following a religious service conducted by the minister of the 
church, Judge Henry N. Sheldon, a former legal associate of 
General Blackmar, delivered an appreciative address in which 
he eulogized General Blackmar, closing with the sentiment, 
"May the time never come when such men shall be lacking 
among us." 

Colonel Charles H. Porter, Recorder of the Loyal Legion, 
and Mr. Francis H. Lincoln, clerk of the parish, also made brief 
addresses. It was an occasion of much interest and largely 
attended by the Post. 



292 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

FIRST RECEPTION IN THE NEW HEADQUARTERS, FORD 
BUILDING 

Though the Post had occupied and used the new headquarters 
since February, 1906, the first formal dedicatory reception and 
entertainment was held October 23 of this year. 

A large number of the Post ladies and other friends were 
present and took part in the opening. The evening's programme 
consisted of several parts, the first being the inspection of 
Blackmar Hall, the Post room proper, and the examination of 
the numerous articles of virtu and ornament ; this was fol- 
lowed by a formal reception by the Commander and Mrs. 
Ruddick, Associate ex-Governor John L. Bates and Mrs. Bates, 
with other officers, in Kingsley Hall. 

At its conclusion the company all assembled in Ford Hall, 
where a delightful and unique entertainment denominated "The 
Cruise of Post No. 113 on the Yacht Ma Belle" took place. 
This consisted of a lecture by Comrade Davis W. Howard, 
assisted by the Mozart (ladies) Quartette, and illustrated by 
over two hundred superb marine and landscape views of the 
coast between Newport, R.I., and Bar Harbor, Maine. The 
whole evening's events passed off with great acceptance and to 
the manifest pleasure of the visitors and members. 

SUBSEQUENT ENTERTAINMENTS 

Following the opening entertainment reception, a series 
of evening entertainments were given in honor of the Post 
ladies and friends during the succeeding winter months, which 
for real pleasure, generous enthusiasm and excellent manage- 
ment were never excelled in the history of the organization. 
These consisted of the following: "The Panama Canal," 
by Captain Charles Mason Fuller, formerly of the U. S. Navy, 
with one hundred fine stereopticon views; A monologue en- 
titled "Around the Stove," by the author, Mr. Hoyt L. Conary ; 
"The Battle of Gettysburg," by Comrade Davis W. Howard, 
illustrated by numerous stereopticon views and maps from official 
sources, and a specially illustrated naval lecture on "The Lost 
Fleet at Samoa," by Mr. John H. Westfall, formerly an officer of 
the U. S. Navy. 



FIRST RECEPTION AT NEW HEADQUARTERS 293 

ILLNESS OF COMMANDER RUDDICK 

Shortly after the magnificent dedicatory reception and enter- 
tainment held in October, already mentioned, Commander 
Ruddick was suddenly seized by serious illness and for many 
weeks his physicians had little hope that he would ever recover ; 
he was not able to do any further duty as Commander during 
his term of office. The various details and arrangements for 
entertainments, funerals, the annual Anniversary Banquet and 
details for the regular and special meetings fell upon the Adju- 
tant, who superintended everything and all went forward with 
entire success. 

ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION AND BANQUET 

The thirty-eighth annual Anniversary was held at Young's 
Hotel the evening of November 22. After the greetings and 
congratulations of the Comrades and guests had been exchanged 
in the reception parlor, the banquet came off in the main dining 
hall. On account of the sickness of the Commander, Senior 
Vice-Commander George E. Mitchell presided. In calling to 
order for the usual after-dinner exercises, the Chair in well- 
chosen words extended the welcome to all present ; the necrology 
of the year was read by the Adjutant and the solemn "Silent 
Toast" to the memory of departed Comrades was drunk stand- 
ing and in silence, followed with the sweet musical refrain. 
This is always a tender and touching ceremony. 

Resolutions offered by the Adjutant expressive of love and 
Comradeship were adopted and sent, with a beautiful basket 
of flowers, to Commander Ruddick. A letter from him was 
received and read. 

Comrade Rev. Edward A. Horton, was then presented as 
Toast-master and, as always, received with expressions of delight 
by the assembled company. 

He was fully in tune with the spirit of the occasion and quickly 
and wittily introduced the following felicitous speakers : 
Rev. George A. Crawford, D.D., Chaplain U. S. Navy (retired), 
Rev. Ernest R. Hunt, Comrade WiUiam M. Olin and Comrade 
Rev. Edward Anderson. All of the gentlemen were at their 
best, and the Post never had the privilege of enjovnng a 
more perfect combination of harmonious speaking talent than 



294 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

was presented on this occasion. The music during the entire 
evening was most perfectly handled and in entire harmony 
with the festivities and humor of the celebration. 

A unique exhibition consisting of Musical Pictures by the 
Harvard Quartette closed the entertainment ; and, all in all, it 
was a rare treat, abounding with good feeling and genuine 
comradeship. 

DEATH OF MAJOR HENRY 

The last day of the year was saddened by the death of Past 
Commander, Major George E. Henry. He was one of the early 
members of the Post, with a splendid military record, and 
always an untiring worker in the Grand Army. 

MINOR EVENTS 

At the January meeting the newly installed Adjutant Parker 
presented a full sketch of the previous year's doings of the Post, 
specially prepared by request of the Commander ; and he also 
read from the records the events of interest of a public nature 
occurring since the last monthly meeting. This was an innova- 
tion, as previously only the minutes of monthly meetings were 
placed on the Post record book, and the interesting and often 
highly important matters occurring mid-month were soon lost 
to remembrance. 

In February addresses were made by members at many of 
the public schools in celebration of the birthday of Abraham 
Lincoln and some attended special exercises held by the Sons of 
Veterans in the Vine Street Church, Roxbury. 

At a special meeting held in April, the following very interest- 
ing papers were read: By Comrade Rev. J. P. L. Bodfish, 
an account of his late trip to the Mediterranean, and cities in 
that vicinity visited; by Past Commander J. Waldo Denny, a 
sketch of the movements of the 18th Army Corps in connection 
with the battle of Cold Harbor : and by Comrade Frank P. 
Moss, personal reminiscences of his imprisonment at Anderson- 
ville, Ga., as a prisoner of war. 

In July resolutions of sympathy were adopted relating to the 
severe accident on the battleship Georgia off Boston harbor, 
copies being sent to the President of the United States and to 
others through the Secretary of the Navy. 



COMRADE GEORGE E. HENRY "MUSTERED OUT" 295 

At the same meeting a visit was matle by General George 
B. Loud, President of the 3d Massachusetts Cavalry Association, 
who made a very fine address. 

The following articles of interest were presented to the Post 
during the year, viz. : valuable autographs, by Mrs. Henry G. 
Weston ; books by Associate Dr. John Dixwell ; picture of the 
battle of Petersburg at the "Crater," by Comrade General 
Greenleaf A. Goodale ; reports and maps by Comrade Arthur 
Hooper; volume, " History of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry," 
by General William J. Palmer of Colorado. 

The deaths of the year were : Comrades Walter Allen, Feb- 
ruary 7; James T. Davis, February 8; George A. Foxcroft, 
May 25; Frederick A. Harrington, August 3; William H. 
Neal, December 20, and Past Commander George E. Henry, 
December 31. 

The Grand Army service was rendered in each case, except 
the first two, while all the funeral services were attended by 
the Post. 

COMMANDER WILLIAM H. RUDDICK 

Service, Civil War. 7th Mass. Light Battery. Hospital Steward. 
Service, M. V. M, Light Battery "A," 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieu- 
tenant. 

The twenty-seventh Comrade to be honored by the com- 
mandership of Post No. 113, Commander Ruddick, well 
maintained the high reputation for fidelity, zeal and efficiencj^ 
in office, so well established by his predecessors. Of a generous, 
impulsive temperament, a ready speaker, a forceful executive 
with the ability to attract to himself many strong personal 
friends, it is almost needless to say that the reputation of the 
Post was much increased during his two terms as Commander. 

An unusual number of public occasions occurred calling for a 
man of his superior fitness and ability, and in every case he rep- 
resented the organization with exceptional credit to himself 
and honor to the Post. 



" How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which 
is troublesome or unsuitable and immediately to be in all tranquil- 
lity." — Marcus Aurelius. 



CHAPTER XLIII 

Nineteen Hundred Eight 

Installation of Officers. Patriot's Day. Unveiling of Tab- 
let AT Faneuil Hall. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 24. 
Address by Rev. Clyde W. Bromell. May 30. Rev. W. H. P. 
Faunce, D.D., President of Brown University, Orator. Salute 
to the Flag by One Thousand Public School Children. A 
Model Celebration. Thirty-ninth Anniversary Reception 
AND Banquet at Young's. Notable Presentation of "Ander- 
son Gavel" by Associate Hon. James J. Myers. Completion of 
Collection of Photographs, and Military Records of all 
Members of Post No. 113, with Massive Cabinet for the Same. 
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

THE officers of the Post were dul}^ installed in office at the 
January meeting by Past Senior Vice-Commander-in- 
Chief, William M. Olin, assisted by Past Department Com- 
mander John E. Oilman as follows : — 

Commander Bowdoin S. Parker. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . George E. Savory. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . Henry H. Robinson. 

Adjutant Oliver P. Ricker. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon Horace E. Marion, M.D. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Patriotic Instructor .... John B. Lewis, Jr. 
Officer of the Day .... James D. Leatherbee. 
Officer of the Guard . . . George H. Guyer. 

Sergeant-Major Henry J. Bardwell. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . J. Howard Sullivan. 

(Augustine Sanderson, Ch., 
Ephraim B. Stillings, 
Alfred J. Knight. 
[Charles B. Amory, Ch., 

Trustees of Post •; William H. Alline, 

[Greenleaf a. Goodale. 

(Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Ira B. Goodrich, 
James Bruerton. 
(George H. Graves, vice Bruerton deceased.) 
296 




BOWDOIN S. PARKER 
Post Commander, 1908 



MEMORIAL SERVICES 297 

CELEBRATION OF PATRIOT'S DAY 

The year opened with the patriotic exercises conducted by 
the Sons of the Revolution at Faneuil Hall on April 19, which 
was attended by members of the Post. 

The immediate occasion of this was the unveiling and pres- 
entation by the society of a Bronze Tablet to the city of 
Boston. 

Songs by the school children and several speeches by promi- 
nent persons made up an exceedingly interesting occasion. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

On Memorial Sunday, May 24, the Post and Associate mem- 
bers, upon invitation, attended in a body the New Jerusalem 
Church, in Roxbury. The edifice was tastefully decorated 
with flowers, and a special musical service was carefully pre- 
pared. The Rev. Clyde W. Bromell delivered a very masterly 
and patriotic address. 

The entire service was of a very pleasing character. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

Saturday, the 30th, the Post, Associates and special guests 
assembled at Headquarters at 9 o'clock a.m., and the column was 
formed in the following order, viz. : Detail of Police, The 
Waltham Watch Company Band, The Seventh Company of 
Coast Artillery Corps, Associates as escort to the Com- 
mander, Post Commander and Staff, and the Post parading as 
a battalion. The Post made a splendid appearance as they 
marched up Beacon Street, thence to the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument on the Common, and from thence down Tremont 
Street to the Tremont Temple. 

The order of service at the Common was in material respects 
new ; it was impressively rendered. 

At the Temple the exercises commenced promptly at 10.30 
a.m. and from that time went forward with the greatest smooth- 
ness, promptness and effect. Several new and unique addi- 
tions were made to the usual routine, — notably the salute to 
the Flag by over one thousand public school children, they 
reciting and acting in unison; the reading of the necrology of 



298 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

the Post for the past year ; and especially the singing of the day 
by a selected choir of ninety voices from the Girls' Latin School, 
with Miss Blanche H. Kilduff, soloist, and over one thousand 
school children selected from the public grammar schools of 
the city. This latter feature was a pronounced departure 
from anything heretofore attempted in the musical line ; it 
was wonderfully successful. The Post Commander's address 
was received with favor and much applauded, and all the 
ritualistic service was rendered unusually well. The most tak- 
ing thing of the day was perhaps the recitation of Lincoln's 
Gettysburg Address by Master Joseph A. McHugh, a lad of 
twelve years, and a member of the Paul Jones Grammar 
School, East Boston. The great audience, and especially the 
younger portion, went wild with delight, and repeated and tu- 
multuous applause was given his effort. It was a splendid 
performance. 

The address of the Orator of the Day, Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, 
D.D., President of Brown University, was delivered in excellent 
voice and was an able and thoughtful effort ; it was attentively 
listened to and most heartily received. At 12.20 p.m. taps 
were sounded, and the Post retired from the Temple, formed 
column and marched directly to Young's Hotel. 

An unusually large number of distinguished men and women, 
notably from the Baptist persuasion, attended the Temple 
services, and for completeness of detail, public interest and 
sympathetic appreciation by the immense audience which 
crowded the auditorium was never surpassed. 

The expressions of commendation by prominent people, as 
well as the warmth of the press notices, were very remarkable. 

The flowers used in the Temple service were given to the 
Ladies' Aid Society for use in decorating the graves in the 
Soldiers' Home lot in Maiden. 

The following editorial comment upon the Temple Memorial 
Service published in The Watchman indicates the public ap- 
proval : — 

A MODEL CELEBRATION 

"' The most remarkable, touching and inspiring celebration 
of Memorial Day I have ever witnessed,' was what President 
Faunce of Brown University said of the Memorial Service of 



A MODEL MEMORIAL CELEBRATION 299 

Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, 
held in Tremont Temple, Boston, on Saturday, May 30. It is 
safe to say that every one in the vast audience agreed with him. 
Aside from the space reserved for the Comrades of the Post, the 
floor and the first balcony were filled with a brilliant company of 
invited guests. But the finest sight was the great upper balcony 
which was packed with one thousand children from the public 
schools of the city. The programme was extended and varied 
and of intense interest throughout ; but nothing was more deeply 
impressive than the first number, the ' Reception to the Colors 
and Salute to the Flag.' In profound silence the great au- 
dience stood while the three standard bearers marched slowly 
and solemnly from the rear of the hall, and planted their colors 
on the platform; then the company of children, with their 
fresh young voices, repeated in perfect unison the salute to the 
Flag which they are taught in the pul)lic schools : — 

'"I pledge allegiance to this flag, and to the Republic for which 
it stands ; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.' 

"As it was realized that these children, of all nationalities, 
were being trained in the public schools in sentiments of such 
deep and true patriotism, it gave new hope for the future of 
the Republic. The music for the service was supplied by a 
band, a soprano soloist, by a chorus from the Girls' Latin School 
of Boston, which sang in beautiful taste and spirit, and by the 
children. The singing of the ' Star-Spangled Banner ' by Miss 
Kilduff and the children was one of the most inspiring features 
of the service. Miss Kilduff sang two verses, and the children 
gave the chorus ; then the children sang the last verse through- 
out. In singing the chorus, 'O say, does that star-spangled 
banner yet wave,' every child waved a flag in the air. It must 
have been a cold-blooded person who could fail to be thrilled 
with patriotic emotion under such conditions. Another notable 
feature was the recitation in excellent tone and emphasis by 
Master Joseph A. McHugh of the Paul Jones Grammar School, 
of Lincoln's Gettyslnirg Address. The oration by President 
Faunce was a fitting and eloquent and harmonious feature of 
this very notable service. In his remarks Rev. Edward A. 
Horton, the Post Chaplain, said, 'The time for this half-mast 
business is past.' The remark was received with applause. 



300 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

There is a growing sentiment that now, at least, after all these 
years, the element of sadness should be suffered to fall into the 
background in the celebration of Memorial Day, and the higher 
significance of patriotism and of rejoicing in the preservation 
of the Republic should come to the front. This was the domi- 
nant note in this service of Kinsley Post, to which we have given 
so much emphasis, because it seems to us a model service for 
Memorial Day. The lessons of that service will never fade 
from the minds and hearts of those present. We wish every 
city and town and village throughout the Republic could have 
such a service every Memorial Day. And now that the real 
significance of Independence Day seems hopelessly lost in the 
noise and confusion and triviality of Fourth of July, it may well 
be that the reverent and impressive celebration of Memorial 
Day may become the chief expression of the patriotic spirit 
of our people." 

THE DINNER 

The usual reception was held in the parlors at Young's, after 
which the members. Associates and guests proceeded to the 
dining room, entering with the sweet strains of orchestral har- 
mony, and enjoyed the excellent repast there served. 

POSTPRANDIAL EXERCISES 

At the conclusion of the dinner, Commander Parker, presiding, 
called the company to order and welcomed all to the hospitality 
of the occasion and congratulated the Comrades upon the very 
successful and appropriate services of the day. The "Silent 
Toast" was drank, standing and in silence. The Commander 
then read several letters from prominent persons who were 
unable to be present, among whom were : Theodore Roose- 
velt, President of the United States ; Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. ; 
U. S. Senators Lodge and Crane; General C. G. Burton, Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. ; Archbishop O'Connell ; Bishop 
Lawrence ; and many others. The Toast-master, Hon. James 
J. Myers, was then presented, who conducted the remaining 
postprandial exercises with felicity. 

He first, however, took this occasion to present to the Post a 
very handsome gavel, which he had caused to be made, the 
handle of which was of wood from one of the stockade posts of 



THE THIRTY-NINTH POST ANNIVERSARY 301 

the Andersonville, Ga., Military Prison Pen ; the head from the 
famous pine tree, at the roots of which the "Providence Spring," 
so called, had gushed forth after a severe storm, and thereafter 
relieved the thirst of the unhappy prisoners confined therein. 
This valuable gift, bringing to mind such sad and terrible 
events of the Civil War, was accepted on behalf of the Post by 
Commander Parker, who expressed the thanks of the members 
of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R., and promised to 
preserve the relic and, in pursuance of the request of the donor, 
to finally turn the same over to the care and keeping of the 
Commonwealth for perpetual preservation. 

The following gentlemen were then severally pleasantly 
introduced by the Toast-master, viz. : Mayor George A. 
Hibbard ; Major G. F. Gratwick of Exeter, England, president 
of the British International Association of Journalists ; Judge 
William Schofield, of the Superior Court ; Judge Michael J. 
Murray, of the Municipal Court ; Major Henry Winn of Maiden ; 
Captain J. E. Bloom, U. S. Army ; the Rev. Clyde W. Bromell ; 
and Darius Cobb, the artist, — all of whom spoke with more 
than ordinary acceptance. It was a fitting conclusion to 
a most pronounced patriotic and tender Memorial Day 
celebration. 

It should be stated in connection with the above-named 
public exercises that all the usual individual graves, memorial 
tablets and statues were decorated prior to the assembly in 
the morning. 

During the week prior to Memorial Day, many addresses 
were made in the public schools by members of the Post, teach- 
ing lessons of the great war and inculcating patriotism. 

From May 30 until the Post Anniversary, nothing of a public 
nature took place, though many events of minor importance 
transpired. 

THE THIRTY-NINTH POST ANNIVERSARY 

On Monday, the 23d of November, the great annual festival 
of the year was held at Young's Hotel. The reception 
was crowded with members. Associates and guests, among 
whom was the new Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. ; 
General Henry K. Nevius of New Jersey and his Adjutant- 
General, General Frank O. Cole, who came by special 



302 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

invitation for the express purpose of attending this notable 
function of Post No. 113. It was the first time within 
the history of the organization that the Commander-in-Chief 
had come from another State to attend any similar gathering 
of any Post in the Commonwealth. During the progress of the 
reception, all present were introduced and greeted Generals 
Nevius and Cole. 

THE BANQUET 

Upon this occasion all Associates and guests were provided 
with special seats at the table, and as far as practicable each 
was attended by a member of the Post ; this was an innovation 
the courtesy of which was very pleasing to all attending. More 
than double the number of Associates and guests were present 
than ever before. 

During the banquet, besides the usual singing of the "old 
songs" by the "boys" and the orchestral musical selections, 
several solos by members of the Post were rendered, and the 
high spirits and genial flow of bubbling good humor was most 
charming to every heart. 

POSTPRANDIAL 

Commander Parker, presiding, called to order after the sump- 
tuous repast had been concluded, and opened the after dinner 
exercises by a happy speech of greeting and welcome for all the 
loyal friends and Comrades of Post No. 113. The "Silent 
Toast" to the memory of the departed was then drunk, stand- 
ing and in silence, and as the sweet refrain of music concluded the 
ceremony, many a tender thought and unbidden tear was wit- 
ness of the touching remembrance of old comrades "mustered 
out" from earth life, yet sacred and dear to memory. 

He then presented Comrade General Charles H. Taylor as 
Toast-master, who, as the prince in this line, introduced the 
several speakers of the evening as follows : Colonel William 
M. Olin, who responded to the combination toast of "Our 
Country," "The Commonwealth," and "The City of Boston," 
in his unique and inimitable manner. General Henry K. Nevius 
followed with a glowing tribute to the Grand Army, and appro- 
priate reference to our Comrade Blackmar, who was removed 
from us during his term of oflice as Commander-in-Chief. De- 



COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HENRY K. NEVIUS 303 

partment Commander Alfred S. Roe delivered a very eloquent 
and scholarly address. Hon. Samuel J. Elder presented in a 
happ3' and entertaining vein the spirit of the New South, while 
General Philip Reade, U. S. Army (retired), recently returned 
from service in the Philippines, gave a very oratorical descrip- 
tion of his late service, especially in Moroland. 

The exercises were concluded with " Auld Lang Syne," and 
another of the red-letter events of the Post passed into history. 

With this year was concluded the labor of several years, in 
the collecting and preserving in suitable books, within a massive 
cabinet, of the photographs and military records of every 
member of the Post. This was of course a task of much 
difficulty of accomplishment, but something that will grow in 
value as time passes and one after another Comrades of the 
Post are finally "mustered out" of this world's vicissitudes, 
trials and disciplines. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Among the many gifts of various kinds during the year were 
volumes for the Post library from Comrades Charles B. Amory, 
Dr. William H. Ruddick, Charles E. Pierce and Albert W. Her- 
sey; relics of the War by Comrade General John G. Butler; 
wdth other lesser articles from others. 

Interesting papers were read by Comrade Rev. J. P. L. Bod- 
fish, Comrade General Greenleaf A. Goodale and Rev. L. Tryon. 

On October 21 occurred the annual inspection of the Post by 
Assistant Inspector Samuel P. Putnam, who expressed himself 
very much pleased with his visit and the general condition and 
prosperity of the Post. 

The first loss of the year occurred January 22, by the sudden 
death of Comrade James Bruerton. This Comrade was one 
of the few remaining, early members who had continued with 
the Post from the date of uniting until his final "muster-out." 
His services for seven years as Adjutant greatlj^ endeared him 
to the members, while his devotion to the interests of the or- 
ganization was of a character that naturally gave him much 
influence in its affairs. It was the general feeling and expres- 
sion upon his demise that one of the strong men had been re- 
moved. The other members taken were William H. Guild, 
June 13; James M. Hilton, September 12; Frank P. Moss, 



304 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

November ,8 ; and Frederick Barton, December 10 ; also, of 
the "Kinsley Associates," Mr. John Carter and Mr. Charles 
H. Bond. 

"Mustered out from earthly sorrow, 
Ushered in to heavenly bliss ; 
We shall meet them on the morrow 
Of the life that follows this." 

Nineteen hundred and eight was a most satisfactory year 
in every respect ; harmony and good-fellowship prevailed ; 
all the meetings and functions of the Post were fully attended, 
and proved among the most delightful in the history of the Post. 
The financial management proved unusually successful and, 
notwithstanding the general business depression, each of the 
several funds of the Post contained more money at the end of 
the year than at the commencement, and ever3rthing joined in 
making this year a most happy one in every way for members 
and Associates alike. 

COMMANDER BOWDOIN S. PARKER 

[By the Committee on Publication] 

"Service, Civil War. 52d Mass. Infantry. 

Service, M. V. M. 2d Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant, and 
Adjutant ; Captain. 
1st Brigade. Captain and Judge Advocate; 
Acting Judge Advocate-General ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief 
of Staff ; Colonel (retired). Post Historian. 

Commander Parker joined Post No. 113 September 27th, 1882; and 
from that time has always taken an active interest in the organization. 
He was unanimously elected Junior Vice-Commander in 1883 and in 
1884 ; Senior Vice-Commander in 188.5 and 1886. He served with zeal 
and enthusiasm as Post Adjutant in 1907, to the great acceptance of the 
Comrades. 

As Commander in 1908 we remember his year's administration as more 
than successful ; he conducted the affairs of the Post with impartiality 
and thoroughness. 

He was appointed an Aide-de-Camp on the Staffs of the successive 
Commanders-in-Chief for the years 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910 and 
1911. 

The compilation of the history of Post No. 113 by Comrade Parker 
is a monument to him, showing on its face an infinite amount of research 
covering a period of ten years' labor. The members of the Committee 
on publication desire at this time to gratefully acknowledge the great 
work of Comrade Parker and place on record their indebtedness to him 
for his invaluable services to them and the Post." 




NATHANIEL WALES 
Post Commander, 1909 



CHAPTER XLIV 
Nineteen Hundred Nine 



INSTALLATION 

Death of Past Commander Major Augustine Sanderson, 
A Charter Member of the Post. A Unique and Delightful 
Occasion. Lincoln's Centennial Birthday. Memorial Win- 
dow to Memory of Comrade General Edmund Rice. Unveil- 
ing and Dedication. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 30. 
Address by Rev. Thomas Van Ness. Mrs. La Salle Cor- 
BELL Pickett, Orator, May 31. Death of Past Commander 
Colonel Albert A. Pope and Subsequent Memorial Services. 
The Fortieth Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. 
Sketch of Commander Nathaniel Wales. 

AT the regular meeting in January, the officers were duly 
installed by Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief Wil- 
liam M. Olin, assisted by Past Department Commander John 
E. Oilman, as Officer of the Day, viz. : — 

Nathaniel Wales. 
Albion P. Pease. 
William Park. 
Oliver P. Ricker. 
Arthur Hooper. 
Horace E. Marion, M.D. 
Rev. Edward A. Horton. 
John B. Lewis, Jr. 
James D. Leatherbee. 
George H. Guyer. 
Henry J. Bardwell. 
J. Howard Sullivan. 
Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Augustine Sanderson, 
Bowdoin S. Parker vice San- 
derson, deceased, 
Alfred J. Knight, 
John C. Cook vice Knight, in- 
capacitated. 
305 



Commander .... 
Senior Vice-Commander 
Junior Vice-Commander 
Adjutant .... 
Quartermaster . 

Surgeon 

Chaplain .... 
Patriotic Instructor 
Officer of the Day 
Officer of the Guard 
Sergeant-Major . . 
Quartermaster-Sergeant 



Council of Administration 



306 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

[ Charles B. Amory, Ch., 
Trustees of Post .... | William H. Alline, 

I Greenleaf a. Goodale. 

[ Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . < Ira B. Goodrich, 



George H. Graves. 



LOSS OF A VALUED COMRADE 

The opening year was saddened by the death of Past Com- 
mander Augustine Sanderson, January 4. He was the oldest 
and the last but two of the Charter members of Post No. 113, 
and the only Comrade who had continued his membership and 
devotion to the Post from its first institution to the day of his 
death. In many ways he was one of the most notable members 
of the Post. 

His circle of acquaintances was large by reason of his person- 
ality, and the fact that, once met, he was seldom forgotten. 

His funeral was largely attended by members and friends at 
the Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery. The G. A. R. ritual 
burial service was given by the Post. A sketch of his connec- 
tion 'with the Post is given in Chapter XXI of this history. 

A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION 

The Post entertainments for the past few years, as heretofore 
noted, were, in many respects, eclipsed by the visit of Mrs. La 
Salle Corbell Pickett of Washington, D.C., who came to de- 
liver her unique and pleasing impersonation, entitled, "Negro 
Folk-Lore — Stories of the Old South." The arrangements for 
this function having been fully made by the Commander and 
his Committee of the previous year, the details and its execution 
were also left in their hands. The new Commander, on account 
of illness, took no part and was not present during the day or 
evening. 

The function proper commenced at 1 o'clock on the afternoon 
of January 27, with the introduction by Past Commander 
Parker of Mrs. Pickett to the officers of the present and the pre- 
vious year and their ladies, in the Crystal Parlor of the Parker 
House ; after which the company soon repait-ed to the smaller 
parlor adjoining, where a dainty and handsomely laid luncheon 
was provided by the officers, in honor of the distinguished 
guest. 



A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION 307 

At 3 o'clock, the party returned to the Crystal Parlors, 
and a general informal reception was held, at which a large num- 
ber of the Comrades, Kinsley Associates and their ladies at- 
tended and paid their respects to Mrs. Pickett, who received 
them all with that ease, grace and delightful courtesy so char- 
acteristic of Southern ladies. 

It was indeed a very enjoyable afternoon for all participating. 

Before the hour fixed for the evening exercises, beautiful 
Ford Hall, draped with flags and ornamented by potted plants, 
was filled by a select and cultivated audience of ladies and 
gentlemen, friends and guests of the Post ; no tickets being 
sold. 

At 8 o'clock Past Commander Parker, Chairman of the 
Executive Committee, had the honor of escorting Mrs. Pickett 
and her friend, Mrs. J. Sewall Reed, upon the platform. After 
music by the Mozart (ladies) Quartette — who had also fur- 
nished acceptable music in the afternoon, both at the luncheon 
and the reception — Chairman Parker, with appropriate words 
of welcome and commendation, led the speaker of the evening 
forward and presented her to the audience, who received her 
with great cordiality and feeling. Mrs. Pickett, handsomely 
gowned, presented a most imposing and distinguished appear- 
ance ; her grace, ease of manner and the charm of her smile, 
characteristic of her personality, at once captivated all hearts, 
and her audience were her friends and admirers. 

The subject was new to those present, and the fact that her 
childhood days were passed on a Virginia plantation, where she 
heard the fascinating dialect — the real language — of the old- 
time slave, with the wealth of tradition and folk-lore, rendered 
her impersonation most effective and delightful. 

It was really a revelation to every one — now bubbling with 
wit and humor, then soft and low with pathos ; tender, imag- 
inative, gay, grave and sympathetic, all bringing to life the inner 
feelings, superstitions and conceits of a servile people, such as 
can never exist again under similar conditions. 

During the evening and at the conclusion of the lecture, gen- 
erous applause was accorded. So many present desired to 
greet the lady personally, that an impromptu reception could 
not be avoided, and she very generously and cordially greeted 
all who pressed forward to take her hand. It was in many 



308 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

respects the most unique, notable and best-appointed occasion 
ever offered for the pleasure of the Associates and friends of 
Post No. 113 by the Comrades. It well crowned the fine 
series of entertainments that had attracted the many guests 
for the two preceding years. 

MEMORIAL TO GENERAL RICE 

On Sunday, January 31, members of the Post, upon invitation, 
attended and took part in the dedication of a Memorial 
window at the Emmanuel Church, Wakefield, to the memory 
of General Edmund Rice, a former member of the Post. 
Past Commander Thomas R. Mathews delivered a very 
comprehensive and admirable sketch of General Rice's forty 
years' army service, in the Civil War, the Indian Campaigns 
and the Spanish- American War in Cuba, Porto Rico arid the 
Philippines. The exercises were interesting and impressive. 

LINCOLN DAY 

The public services in Boston in honor of the centennial 
birthday of Abraham Lincoln were of quite an elaborate char- 
acter. Heretofore these annual birthday exercises have been 
mostly confined to the public schools, but this year public ser- 
vices were held in Symphony Hall, at which the Post with all 
the other G. A. R. bodies in and near Boston, attended on the 
evening of February 12. Thousands of persons were unable 
to gain admission to the building. The Governor, Mayor and 
many distinguished persons were seated on the platform. Ex- 
Governor John D. Long delivered a most discriminating and 
eloquent oration on the life and times of Lincoln. Mrs. Julia 
Ward Howe read an original poem. The music was by the 
Symphony Orchestra, and of course of the highest excellence. 
It was a rare occasion and well worthy the day and the memory 
of so great and noble a man. 

MEMORIAL SUNDAY 

On Sunday, May 30, the Post and Associates attended 
special services at the Second Church. The minister. Rev. 
Thomas Van Ness, a Kinsley Associate, delivered an able dis- 
course, and was assisted in the ser\dces by Post Chaplain, Rev. 



CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 309 

Edward A. Horton. The church was effectively decorated 
with flowers, and the musical selections were excellently 
rendered. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

Monday, May 31, was observed as Memorial Day. 

The Post assembled at Headquarters at 8.30 a.m., and Une 
was formed as follows : Detail of Police, the Coast Artillery 
Corps Band, the Seventh Company of Coast Artillery, Cap- 
tain A. E. Hall commanding, as escort, the Ejnsley Associates 
and Post. 

The column marched to the State House, where, in the Hall 
of Flags, a short service was held consisting of the reading of an 
extract from Governor Andrew's speech on accepting the battle 
flags after the close of the Civil War, and the reading of a 
poem entitled " Nothing but Flags," concluding with the "Star- 
Spangled Banner" and the sounding of "Taps." This was 
additional to the usual exercises of the day, and was the first 
time a service of this nature had been performed in the Hall 
of Flags. 

The march was then taken up to the Common, where the 
customary G. A. R. service was given at the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument. From thence, the column moved to Tremont 
Temple. 

AT TREMONT TEMPLE 

The large auditorium of the Temple was early filled, and many 
hundreds were unable to gain admission. 

The decoration of the cenotaph and other exercises followed 
closely the established ritual ; the instrumental music being 
by the band and the vocal by a select choir of one hundred 
voices from the East Boston High School, supported by a 
chorus of over one thousand children from the pubHc schools, 
led by Mrs. Frances Dunton Wood, soprano, and directed by 
Mr. John O'Shea. " Lincoln's Gettysburg Address " was finely 
recited by Master Harold Erlenbach, while the poem of the 
"Blue and the Gray" was given l)y Master Frederick Wenne- 
bach, both pupils of the Prince Grammar School. 

But the event which attracted the great throng pressing for 
even a foothold within the building was the announcement 



310 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

that Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett, widow of the famous Con- 
federate Major-General George E. Pickett, whose division of 
Virginia troops led the great infantry charge on the Union lines 
on the third and last day of the terrible battle of Gettysburg in 
1863 was to be the speaker of the day, taking for her subject 
the* "Battle of Gettysburg viewed from the Confederate Side." 

The appearance of Mrs. Pickett in Boston earlier in the year, 
as heretofore mentioned, had won her many friends and the 
circumstance of her being a Southern woman — a native of 
Virginia; and her close connection with the Southern cause, 
added to the fact that the Oration was to be dehvered by a 
woman — something never but once previously done in all the 
forty years of the Ufe of the Post — made the situation one of 
pecuUar significance. 

In introducing Mrs. Pickett to the audience, the Commander 
presented her with a bouquet of flowers, on the centre of which 
was formed the Stars and Stripes, while the badge of the Con- 
federacy and that of the G. A. R. were on either side. 

As Mrs. Pickett advanced to the desk to speak, she was 
greeted with tumultuous applause by the thousands within the 
auditorium. 

Her presence and winning smile, with the grace and ease of 
her manner, inspired her audience from the start. She spoke 
■without notes, clearly, powerfully and rapidly for seventy 
minutes, while the great assemblage, including the school chil- 
dren, sat spellbound by the eloquence of her periods and the 
power of her dramatic descriptions. Her address was frequently 
interrupted by applause, and at its conclusion the expressioil 
of approval broke forth into a mighty ovation. 

At the close of the services, a throng pressed forward to per- 
sonally meet, welcome and express their pleasure and ad- 
miration. 

DINNER 

The Post and Associates immediately after the Temple 
ceremonies repaired to Young's Hotel, where the traditional 
reunion and dinner were held. Commander Wales presided 
at the table and also acted as Toast-master ; the folloAving gentle- 
men spoke, — Department Senior Vice-Commander J. Willard 
Brown; Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., President of Tufts 
College; Rev. Thomas Van Ness ; and Mr. Edward C. Brush. 



MRS. LA SALLE CORBELL PICKETT 311 

PAST COMMANDER POPE 

August 10, Past Commander Albert A. Pope passed from 
life at his summer home in Cohasset. His funeral was largely 
attended at the New Old South Church, Boston, by members 
of the Post, the Loyal Legion and other military gentlemen and 
his business associates. 

The service was semi-military in character, solemn and im- 
pressive. Eight Sergeants of the National Lancers bore the 
body to and from the church. 

A subsequent Memorial service was held September 5 at 
the Pope Memorial Church, North Cohasset, attended by a dele- 
gation from the Post. The service was conducted by Rev. 
Cecil Harper, the pastor. Past Commander George F. Hall 
spoke of Colonel Pope's military career and Comrade Rev. 
J. P. L. Bodfish of his business ability and achievements. 

FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY 

The fortieth Anniversary was looked upon as a sort of special 
milestone, and many a Comrade wondered musingly whether 
his life-hold or vitality was equal to another decade rounding 
out the half-century mark. But all were bright, cheerful, 
hopeful and looking the future full in the face, serenely content 
to bravely accept whate'er the new decade should betide. 

The large parlor at Young's was early filled with one hundred 
forty Comrades, Associates and guests on the evening of 
Monday, November 22, and the reception — without any formal 
receiving save the cordial greetings of one and another — 
quickly brought the company to the main dining room, where 
so many happy hours had been passed together in the years 
gone by. Harry Daggett was on hand with his unrivalled 
orchestra, which during the banquet discoursed a rare collection 
of sweet harmony, and the boys seemed in their old happy, if 
not hilarious, spirits. 

Commander Wales called the assembly to order after the 
several courses had been served, and ^vithout delay introduced 
Comrade Rev. and Colonel Edward Anderson as Toast-master 
of the evening ; who, always at his best and of the best, quickly 
launched the postprandial enjo>TTient. 

The first and principal speaker was ex-Governor John D. 



312 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Long, a Kinsley Associate, and, as an ex-Secretary of the Navy, 
led the way for the "Navy Night" as announced by the Toast- 
master. He referred to the part taken by the young men in 
the Civil War, and, proceeding, marshalled a wonderful array 
of the world's young men, who had commanded armies and 
navies and directed governments and nations from the earliest 
times down through the centuries. It was difficult to realize 
the extent to which the destinies of the world had been formed 
and moulded by seemingly and really very young men — mere 
boys, as we should now regard them. 

Following the Governor came Colonel William M. Olin, speak- 
ing wittily as ever ; then Past Department Commander John E. 
Oilman sang "We Are the Boys," with all joining in the chorus. 
The "Silent Toast" was drunk to the memory of departed 
Comrades, and the speaking was then continued by George W. 
Cable, a Confederate Veteran ; Captain J. Stearns Cushing, a 
Kinsley Associate; Colonel Edward H. Gihon, Commander- 
in-Chief of the United Spanish War Veterans; Department 
Commander John L. Parker; and Colonel R. H. Patterson, 
U. S. Army, commanding the forts about Boston. Mr. Dennis 
McCarthy, the Irish poet, read an original poem on the 
American Flag from the viewpoint of the foreigner. All of 
the speaking was excellent and appropriate to the occasion. 

Among the many distinguished gentlemen present may be 
named General N. A. M. Dudley, U. S. Army (retired). Rear 
Admiral H. G. O. Colby, U. S. Navy (retired), Mr. A. Shuman 
and Mr. Stratton D. Brooks. 

Altogether, it was a joyful anniversary, and every one seemed 
not only glad, but happy, to have been privileged to be present. 

MINOR EVENTS 

On Lincoln's Centennial Birthday, February 12, when the 
Post had assembled at Headquarters, and finished the supper, 
Comrade Henry H. Robinson arose and modestly presented to 
the Post a fine bust of Lincoln. Following, as it did, several 
previous gifts from him, it was received with much warmth of 
feeling and applause. At the October meeting. Comrade Rev. 
Edward Anderson read a paper on the subject "The Indians in 
the Civil War." He went into the particulars of the efforts 
of the Southern leaders to commit the Indian tribes to the 



PRESENTATION OF A BUST OF LINCOLN 313 

Confederacy and its partial success ; also giving a vivid account 
of the fierce fights between the tribes in the Indian Territory 
and the extreme suffering endured by those upon the Union 
side. It was a bit of real war story new to his hearers and 
eagerly absorbed. 

Donations were as follows : books for the Post Library 
by Comrade General Greenleaf A. Goodale and Kinsley As- 
sociate Dr. John Dixwell ; a fine picture of Major-General 
Joseph Hooker by Lieutenant-General J. Franklin Bell, U. S. 
Army ; a sum of money by Past Department Commander Silas 
A. Barton, and a photograph of Confederate soldier John Buck, 
who was buried a few years since by Post No. 113, presented 
by Dr. John Dixwell. 

The losses for the year, in addition to Past Commanders San- 
derson and Pope, were Comrades Dr. Charles B. Tower, May 14 ; 
Edwin P. Longley, August 2; Stephen M. Crosby, August 31; 
and Nathan B. Boutwell, November 13. 

James A. Davis and Charles A. Jones, valued Kinsley As- 
sociates, also passed beyond. 

COMMANDER NATHANIEL WALES 

Service, Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. Private ; 1st Sergeant. 
32d Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 
35th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant ; Major ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and 
Colonel. U. S Volunteers. 
Service, M. V. M. New England Guards. 

1st Battalion Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel. 
1st Regiment Infantry. Colonel. 
1st Brigade. Brigadier-General. 

Commander Wales, like most of the earlier members of the 
Post, came by transfer from John A. Andrew Post No. 15. 

He continued his membership till 1882, at which time he 
withdrew. After an absence of about twent}^ years he returned 
to the city and renewed his membership. 

As a military man, his experience both during the Civil War 
and as a commanding officer in the Massachusetts Volunteer 
Militia was exceptional and highly honorable. 

No unusual public events occurred during his term as Post 
Commander, but the two leading celebrations of Memorial Day 
and Anniversary passed off with much success. 



CHAPTER XLV 
Nineteen Hundred Ten 

Installation of Officers. Renewed Courtesies to Mrs. La 
Salle Corbell Pickett. Reception to Mrs. Pickett and 
Dinner by Post Members and Ladies at Algonquin Club. 
Memorial Observances. General John C. Black, Orator. 
The Dinner and Afternoon Exercises at Ford Building. 
Reception to Commander-in-Chief John E. Oilman. The 
Forty-first Anniversary Banquet at Young's. Presentation 
OF Notable Historic War Flask to Post by Mrs. Pickett. 
The Largest Necrology OF Members. Minor Events. Sketch 
OF Commander Albion P. Pease. 

AT the regular meeting in January, the officers were duly 
installed by Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Wil- 
liam M. Olin, assisted by Past Department Commander John 
E. Oilman, as Officer of the Day, viz. : — 

Commander Albion P. Pease. 

Senior Vice-Commander . . . William Park. 
Junior Vice-Commander . . . William E. Murdoch. 

Adjutant Oliver P. Ricker. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon Horace E. Marion, M.D. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Patriotic Instructor .... John B. Lewis, Jr. 
Officer of the Day .... James D. Leatherbee. 
Officer of the Guard . . . Geoege H. Guyer. 

Sergeant-Major Henry J. Bardwell. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . J. Howard Sullivan. 

Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
BowDOiN S. Parker, 
Alfred J. Knight, 
John C. Cook, vice Knight, 
incapacitated. 
[ Charles B. Amory, Ch., 

Trustees of Post { William H. Alline, 

[ Greenleaf a. Goodale. 
[Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . { Ira B. Goodrich, 

[ George H. Graves. 
314 



Council of Administration 




ALBION P. PEASE 
Post Commander, 1910 



RENEWED COURTESIES TO MRS. PICKETT 315 

MRS. PICKETT A GUEST OF POST NO, 113 

Early in the year, Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett again came to 
Boston, to fill an engagement at Keith's Theatre. It was a 
unique undertaking on her part, and consisted in reciting a 
portion of her lecture on the "Battle of Gettysburg," each after- 
noon and evening during the first week, and reminiscences of 
"Friends I have Known," which included President Lincoln, 
Jefferson Davis, Generals Grant and Lee and other leading 
figures of the Civil War period, the second week. 

She was met upon her arrival by a committee of Post No. 
113, consisting of Commander Pease, Chairman, and Comrades 
Wales, Mathews, Amory and Mitchell, and given a breakfast 
at the Touraine. On the opening night at the Theatre, her 
appearance was welcomed by the members and Associates with 
their ladies filling the body of the auditorium, whose applause 
and flower tokens were most generous. 

During her subsequent stay she was literally overwhelmed 
by the various courtesies extended on every hand. She was 
received by Governor and Mrs. Draper at the State House on 
the evening of the Governor's Annual Public Reception to the 
members of the legislature and their ladies, and the following 
day she visited the House legislative branch, by invitation, which 
suspended its business in order to meet her and listen to a short 
address. Upon this occasion the great doors of the House were 
opened for the first time in history to a woman, the Sergeant- 
at-Arms officially escorting her and Commander Pease to the 
Rostrum. 

A dinner was tendered Mrs. Pickett on the evening of March 
30 at the Algonquin Club by the Committee, and attended by 
the Committee and prominent members of the Post with their 
ladies. After the dinner they adjourned to Ford Hall, where a 
musicale was given by Dr. John Dixwell. At its close. Com- 
mander Pease conducted Mrs. Pickett to the platform, where 
she gave a twentj^-minute talk on reminiscences of the South. 
Her stay of two weeks was most successful both socially and 
professionally. 



316 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113. G. A. R. 



SONS OF VETERANS 

The subject was again considered at the March meeting of 
organizing a Camp of the Sons of Veterans in connection with 
the Post, but, as before, was deemed inexpedient. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

May 30 witnessed a repetition of the oft-told tale of the un- 
rivalled ceremonies conducted by the Post, in honor of the 
patriot dead, and the Union their valor and devotion aided 
in maintaining. 

The parade, the exercises at the Monument on the Common 
and at Tremont Temple, followed the usual programme. The 
Orator of the Day was General John C. Black, Past Comman- 
der-in-Chief of the Grand Army, whose eloquent periods were 
closely followed by the great assembly. The vocal music, as 
for the past two years, was rendered by the public school chil- 
dren, numbering over one thousand, and exceeded in excellence 
that of previous years. In the afternoon, a reception was held 
at Blackmar Hall — the Post headquarters — followed by a 
dinner set in Kingsley Hall of Ford Building. Daggett's Or- 
chestra furnished the music. 

The after-dinner exercises proved of unusual interest and 
merit. Commander Pease presided, and the following gentle- 
men were called upon : Colonel Robert H. Patterson, U. S. Army, 
spoke for the United States ; Captain J. Stearns Gushing, of 
the Governor's Council, represented the State ; and John E. 
Oilman, Past Department Commander, spoke for the Grand 
Army. The other speakers were : Chaplain Rev. Edward A. 
Horton; Rev. Thomas Van Ness; Comrades Charles B. Armory 
and Comrade George E. Mitchell ; Mr. Stratton D. Brooks, 
Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, and Captain 
Bennett, U. S. Army ; concluding with a few choice words by 
General Black. 

As a whole, the exercises were well carried out, the attendance 
satisfactory, and the observance of the day a success. 

reception to commander-in-chief oilman 

Post No. 26 of Roxbury, of which Comrade John E. Oilman, 
Commander-in-Chief, was a member, inaugurated a grand 



RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OILMAN 317 

reception and Camp Fire in his honor at Faneuil H^ll, the 
evening of November 19, to which all the Posts of the Depart- 
ment were invited. Post No. 113, of which Comrade Cilman 
was an Associate Member, was prominent in carrying out the 
details, serving as the Reception Committee of the evening. 
Only members of the Grand Army were admitted, but the hall 
was crowded wdth Comrades representing some thirty Posts in 
the State. 

The beautiful ceremony of ''Trooping the Colors" was per- 
formed amid great enthusiasm. The music was furnished by 
Post No. 26 Band of twenty-eight pieces, "Billy Olin's Gang," 
"Gideon's Band," of Post No. 36, Arlington, and the Lotus Male 
Quartette. 

As a personal tribute of affectionate regard it was never ex- 
ceeded. 

The Commander-in-Chief received and greeted each Comrade 
present, afterwards making a most tender and feeling address. 
Other speakers voiced the sentiments of the Comrades. 

ANNIVERSARY 

The forty-first Anniversary was held at Young's, November 
22, with John E. Gilman, Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R., 
as principal guest. After the formal banquet, which was in- 
terspersed with the "old songs," Commander Pease called to 
attention. He welcomed all to the delightful occasion and 
presented letters of regret from Governor Draper, Lieutenant- 
Governor Frothingham, Mayor Fitzgerald and others, including 
the following communication from Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett, 
the Memorial Day Orator of the previous year : — 

"The Ontario, Washington, D.C. 
"Major Albion P. Pease, Commander of Post No. 113, 
" My dear Comrade: 

"I am sending through you a little flask, which I will greatly appre- 
ciate if you will give, in my soldier's name, to our Post No. 113. It 
was a bridal present to him from my grandmother. Elizabeth Under- 
wood Phillips, and is filled with many a sacred memory. I know 
that my general would like our Post to have this little souvenir,^ and 
I am going to ask them to make of the little cup at the bottom a 'lov- 
ing-cup,' in memory of him. 

"Faithfully yours, 

"La Salle Corbell Pickett." 



318 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Accompanying the letter was a handsome silver flask, which 
General Pickett carried during the Civil War. The gift was 
received with great enthusiasm by the assembled Veterans and 
friends. 

Hon. J. Stearns Gushing, a Kinsley Associate, was then pre- 
sented as Toast-master of the evening, and in felicitous words 
introduced the following speakers : General James G. White, 
who spoke for "The Commonwealth." The next toast was "The 
City of Boston" ; in the absence of his Honor the Mayor, the 
orchestra rendered "Sweet Adeline," and the assembled Com- 
pany joined in the singing. 

Commander-in-Chief Gilman, an Honorary lAfe Associate 
Member of the Post, received an ovation upon rising to speak 
for the Grand Army, bespeaking the honor and affection with 
which he was regarded by the members and friends of Post No. 
113. He was followed by General Philip Reade, U. S. Army 
(retired), Associate Hon. James J. Myers, Granville E. Fiske, 
Senior Vice-Department Commander, and Chaplain Rev. 
Edward A. Horton ; the latter paying a feeling tribute to "Our 
Departed Comrades," referring especially to Comrade Myron 
W. Whitney, the sweet singer who had but recently been taken. 
A "Silent Toast" was drunk to the memory of the departed 
Comrades. 

Many officers of the U. S. Army and Navy, together with 
officers of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, were in attend- 
ance. Daggett's Orchestra furnished the instrumental music. 
The occasion added another to the celebrated Anniversary 
banquets of this popular Post. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Many of the meetings were enlivened by various interesting 
events. 

In February, Comrade Henry M. Upham read a paper on 
Benjamin Franklin. 

In March, Mr. Torrance Parker read extracts from the diary 
of his father, Lieutenant David B. Parker of the 72d New York 
Volunteers, and Superintendent of the U. S. Mails, Army of the 
Potomac, relating to his Civil War experiences. 

The same month, a fine vocal and instrumental concert was 
given in Ford Hall by well-known artists, through the generosity 



LARGEST NECROLOGY RECORD OF POST NO. 113 319 

of Associate Member Dr. John Dixwell, whose many kindnesses 
and great interest in the Post had been most conspicuous. 

In April, Captain Charles M. Fuller delivered a lecture, with 
stereopticon views on the "Evolution of the Battleship," with 
personal reminiscences of service under Admiral Farragut. 

In May, Comrade Bowdoin S. Parker, Post Historian, gave 
a synopsis, and read extracts of the early Post History from his 
manuscript. 

November 16, Comrade William Park read extracts from a 
history entitled "A Light Battery's Experience at Gettysburg, 
July 2, 1863," referring to the part taken by the 9th Massa- 
chusetts Light Battery in which he served during the Civil 
War. 

December 5, the Post acted as escort to Commander-in-Chief 
John E. Oilman and Staff, and his Hon. Mayor John F. Fitz- 
gerald, at the opening of the Woman's Relief Corps Fair held in 
Faneuil Hall. Appropriate addresses were made by the Com- 
mander-in-Chief and Mayor. 

December 21, Captain Isaac P. Gragg read a paper entitled, 
"Incidents in Connection with the Wounding of Confederate 
General Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville, May, 1863." 
Captain Gragg explained by a large plan or sketch the positions 
and movements of the contending forces, and related incidents 
within his personal observation. 

The necrology of the year included a larger number of Com- 
rades than ever before : — 

William Wallace Waugh, March 4. 
Samuel L. Dutton, M.D., May 27. 
Henry W. Taylor, July 13. 
Alfred J. Knight, September lo. 
Myron W. Whitney, September 17. 
Gustave Magnitzky, September 19. 
Edwin H. Woods, October 11. 
James W. Cartwright, October 14. 
James Tucker, November 26. 
John W. Page, December 17. 

Ten Comrades brave and true entered the higher life. Pres- 
ent membership one hundred eleven, the smallest since the year 
1887. 



320 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

COMMANDER ALBION P. PEASE 

Service, Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. 

Service, M. V. M. 5th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieu- 

tenant. 
Service, Missouri Na- 7th Mo. Infantry. Major, 
tional Guard. 

The usual Post functions occurred during the year. Two new 
members were added to the Post, a circumstance that seldom 
happened at this late day ; also, several patriotic gentlemen were 
added to the roll of the Kinsley Associates. One of the two 
Comrades mustered, mentioned above, was Rear Admiral 
H. G. O. Colby, U. S. Navy (retired), and an old schoolmate 
of Commander Pease. 

The celebrations of Memorial Day and Post Anniversary 
were both well attended, and carried out to general acceptance. 

The attendance at stated meetings was larger than the 
previous year, while the membership seemed more united and 
responsive. 

Commander Pease represented the Post in an energetic 
manner, and his service as Chairman of the Special Committee 
on the Entertainment of Mrs. Pickett was noteworthy and 
efficient. Possessing rare executive ability, he had no diffi- 
culty in carrying out any plans of work in which he was really 
interested ; and, notwithstanding the loss of so large a percent- 
age of the total membership during his term of office, the Post 
was relatively in a stronger position, all things considered, at 
the close of his administration than when he took command. 

His long and varied service in connection with the Grand 
Army of the Republic is worthy of special mention. Viz. 
Charter Member Post No. 10, Department of Maine, 1868 
Officer of the Guard Post No. 11, Department of Mass., 1879 
Adjutant Posts Nos. 3 and 4, Department of Missouri, 1880 
1882. Asst. Adjutant-General, Department of Missouri, 1882 
3-4. Commander of Post No. 4, Department of Missouri 
1904 ; Commander of Post No. 113, Department of Mass., 1910 




WILLIAM PARK 
Post Commander, 1911 



CHAPTER XLVI 



Nineteen Hundred Eleven 



Installation of Officers. Time's Changes in Methods. Me- 
morial Services. General Horatio C. King, Orator. Ex- 
tracts FROM HIS Poems. Society of the Army of the Potomac at 
Providence. The Forty-Second Anniversary. Loss of Comrade 
William M. Olin. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander 
William Park. 

AT the first meeting of the year, in the presence of seventy- 
four Comrades and Kinsley Associates, the officers were 
duly installed by Past-Commander Bowdoin S. Parker, Assistant 
Department Inspector, Comrade Charles E. Pierce, as Officer 
of the Day. 



Commander .... 
Senior Vice-Commander 
Junior Vice-Commander 
Adjutant .... 
Quartermaster . 
Surgeon .... 
Chaplain .... 
Patriotic Instructor 
Officer of the Day 
Officer of the Guard 
Sergeant-Major 
Quartermaster-Sergeant 



Council of Administration 



Trustees of Post 



Trustees of Relief Fund 



i 



William Park. 
William E. Murdock. 
Newman W. Storer. 
Oliver P. Ricker. 
Arthur Hooper. 
Horace E. Marion, M.D. 
Rev. Edward A. Horton. 
John B. Lewis, Jr. 
James D. Leatherbee. 
George H. Guyer. 
Henry J. Bardwell. 
J. Howard Sullivan. 
Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Bowdoin S. Parker, 
John C. Cook. 
Charles B. Amory, Ch., 
William H. Alline, 
Greenleaf a. Goodale. 
Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Ira B. Goodrich. 
George H. Graves. 



TIME S CHANGES IN METHODS 



As time passes, its influence may be distinctly traced in the 
changes in methods adopted by the Post. Formerly the mem- 

321 



322 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

bers were quite willing to turn out as an organization upon 
parades and celebrations of a public character, together with 
semi-public social functions. The foregoing pages fully attest 
the numerous occasions upon which the Post has taken a con- 
spicuous part. Now, all is changed in this respect, and the 
social meetings, musicales, lectures, addresses and papers, 
heard and enjoyed only by the members, the Associates and 
specially invited friends, have quite superseded the former 
general functions for which the Post was so justly celebrated. 

During the present year these very interesting home events 
averaged more than one each month, affording many delightful 
hours and drawing the members together into still closer com- 
panionship. 

MEMORIAL SERVICES 

On Sunday, May 28, the Post attended, by invitation, Tre- 
mont Temple, and listened to an interesting address by the 
pastor, Rev. Courtland Myers; his subject being "War." 

MAY THIRTIETH 

Memorial Day was fittingly observed by the usual loving 
duties and tender ceremonies. 

First came the decorative remembrances of the graves of 
one huridred and two deceased Comrades of the Post, four 
Comrades of other Posts, seventy-four other Veterans, one 
Confederate Veteran, together with the decoration of the 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common, five statues at 
the State House, thirteen memorial tablets in churches and 
schools and the grave of Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis. 

Following the above were the public services at the Monument 
and at Tremont Temple. The military escort was the Seventh 
Company Coast Artillery Corps, led by the Coast Artillery 
Corps Band. 

Arrangements had been made for the attendance of the public 
school children at the Temple ceremonies as in previous years, 
but for some unexplained reason they were not allowed to 
attend. 

The inspiration of their bright eager faces was missed, and the 
opportunity of increasing their patriotism and love of country 
and the Flag by the admirable and instructive ceremonies and 



ADDRESS OF GENERAL HORATIO C. KING 323 

addresses was lost. The vocal music for the past two years 
had been rendered most acceptable by the thousand children 
in attendance. In their absence the musical programme was 
carried out by the Beethoven, Harvard and Schubert quartettes, 
with Mrs. Francis Dutton Brown, soprano, and the Coast Artil- 
lery Corps Band. " Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" was effec- 
tively recited by Master Walter A. Burke of the Mather 
School, Dorchester. 

General Horatio C. King of Brooklyn, N. Y., was the Orator 
of the Day. He was awarded a congressional medal of honor 
for distinguished bravery in the Civil War. His subject, 
"Looking Back," was most acceptably handled through the 
recital of his varied personal experiences during his war service. 
He illustrated his points by many amusing stories which served 
to hold the close attention of the audience. In many respects 
it was one of the most pleasing addresses heard upon such an 
occasion for many years. His address was subsequently printed 
by the Post. A few extracts, including an original poem, may 
well find a place here. 



"Upon these anniversary occasions, when time is wiped out, — 
you might say, has slipped past us, — we get the old youthful feeling, 
and there come back into the heart the sweet memories and the severe 
memories of those dreadful days of the four long years of war, yet so 
tinctured and punctuated all the time with pleasant incidents, the songs, 
the camp fire, the jests, that after all, looking back, it seems somewhat 
of a great picnic, you might say. We forget the hard tasks, but we 
remember those delightful things that cemented the friendships which 
I think are stronger than any of the friendships on the face of the 
earth. 

"And so with your permission I will talk a little of the times that are 
past, realizing that there are in this audience a vast number to whom 
the War is simply a tradition, and that they may be glad to hear from 
the lips of one who participated in it something of the personal experi- 
ences of those days. I know we are getting along to that period of 
life when the younger generation certainly begin to look up to us as 
sort of dime museum curiosities. We are relics of a great tradition, 
and perhaps the few words that I may say upon this subject may be 
a sort of object lesson to them which they will carry away and re- 
member long after we have passed over to the majority. 

"With your permission I will read a little poem. Like Silas Wegg, 
I occasionally ' drap ' into poetry, and this was suggested by the remi- 
niscences of the past fifty years : — 



324 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

" 'The fleeting years, full fifty now, are numbered with the past, 

And memory, with all its joys and griefs, comes trooping fast. 

But first and foremost of them all stand forth in bold relief 

The days when you and I went forth to battle, — these are chief. 

We hear the rattle of the drum, the bugle's lively play. 

The tiresome march, the dusty roads, the halt at close of day. 

The gleaming camp fire's ruddy glow, the story, jest and song. 

And then the hours of blessed sleep that make the heart grow strong. 

The reveille at break of day, the hurrying to and fro. 

The long roll with its gruesome call, as facing death we go 

Into the storm of leaden hail, of shrieking shot and shell. 

To reaUze what Sherman said, that war — why, war is hell. 

The hopes and fears that filled our hearts as wavering lines were broke 

And straining eyes peered eagerly to pierce the veil of smoke 

That hid perchance the advancing line, the reenforcements true. 

That drove the exultant rebels back, gave victory to the Blue. 

And then, alas, the morning roll along the shortened line. 

The voices now that answer not until the Power Divine 

Shall rouse them from their shallow trench to hear the approving 

Lord : 
These for their God and country died, and great is their reward. 
All quiet along the Potomac now. The mud-stained tents are down, 
The fires are out, the drums are dumb, of war there is no sound. 
But o'er the land that we preserved our flag still flies unfurled. 
The benison of future years, the glory of the world.' 
(Applause.) 

******* 

"But while we are growing old, I think we still maintain a bright, 
youthful spirit, and 1 don't believe there are many of us that look for- 
ward to the passing over to the majority with any great fear or appre- 
hension. The problem of death is simple, the same as the problem of 
birth. We come and we go, and we know we have to go. I don't 
know that we should be as indifferent about it as was the officer at 
Gettysburg. You know when his men were wavering and holding 
back, he waved his sword and cried : ' What is the matter with you ? 
Do you want to live forever ? ' Well, we don't want to live forever. 
This is my idea of growing old, which a friend sent me from the West : — 

" ' A little more tired at close of day, 
A little less anxious to have our way, 
A little less ready to scold and blame, 
A little more care for a brother's name ; 
And so we are nearing the journey's end. 
Where time and eternity meet and blend. 
A little less care for bonds and gold, 
A little more zest in the days of old, 
A broader view and a saner mind 
And a little more love for all mankind. 



ADDRESS OF GENERAL HORATIO C. KING 325 

And so we are faring down the way. 

A little more love for the friends of youth, 

A little less zeal for established truth, 

A little more charity in our views, 

A little less thirst for the daily news. 

And so we are folding our tents away, 

Passing in silence at close of day. 

A little more leisure to sit and dream, 

A little more real the things unseen, 

A little more near to those ahead 

With visions of those long loved and dead : 

Thrice happy, then, if some soul can say, 

I live because he has passed my way.' 
(Applause.) 

"In imagination, sometimes, I think I see the old Comrades that 
have gone before, looking over the battlements of heaven, witnessing 
us in our joys and in our sorrows and holding forth their arms to give 
us that welcome which we shall all receive when we too shall have 
'crossed over the river to rest beneath the shadow of the trees.' God 
grant, my dear Comrades, that you and I will all meet at that grand 
reunion, that eternal camp fire, where we shall be united in joy and 
peace and happiness and rest forever, and, in the language of our dear 
old poet laureate — General McQuade — 

" ' When life's campaign is at an end, and we are mustered out. 
The Yankee cheer and rebel yell shall mingle in one shout. 
We will greet our old antagonists and then no more shall know 
Nor Union nor Confederate, with Benny Haven, O.'" 
(Applause.) 

DINNER 

The afternoon reunion was held at the Post Headquarters, 
Ford Building, dinner being served in Kingsley Hall, at which 
the Orator of the Day, Comrades, Associates and invited guests 
attended. 

Commander Park presided and introduced Comrade Rev. 
Edward Anderson as Toast-master, who, after a very witty and 
characteristic speech, presented the following gentlemen, each 
of whom responded in a most entertaining manner : General 
Horatio C. King, Hon. James J. Myers, Rev. Frederick W. 
Hamilton, D.D., Hon. J. Stearns Cushing, Colonel Robert H. 
Patterson, U. S. Army, Hon. William A. Morse and Rev. Ernest 
S.. Meredith. 



326 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC 

By invitation, the Post and Associates attended the Anniver- 
sary reunion of the Society named at Providence, R.I., which 
continued two days, September 15 and 16. Great attention 
and many courtesies were extended by the city and members 
of the Society to the visiting guests. 

THE FORTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY 

November 22, the Post Anniversary, always one of the 
banner gatherings of the year, was held at Young's Hotel. 
The attendance was large and enthusiastic. The customary 
reception to the Associates and invited guests preceded the 
formal banquet, after which Commander Park welcomed all 
in a brief speech, and a "Silent Toast" was drunk in memory of 
departed Comrades, the orchestra playing "The Vacant Chair." 
Congratulations of the Post were sent to General Daniel E. 
Sickles and Mrs. Pickett. 

Associate Member Hon. James J. Myers was presented as 
the Toast-master of the evening, who performed the duties of 
his position acceptably. 

Past Commander-in-Chief John E. Gilman, the first speaker, 
gave a sketch of his recent visit to Petersburg, Va., as a member 
of a Massachusetts delegation, and especially referred to the 
grand reception accorded them by the Confederate Veterans. 
The other speakers were : Department Commander Granville 
C. Fiske, Comrade Colonel Edward Anderson, General Philip 
Reade, U. S. Army (retired). Assistant Adjutant-General W. A. 
Wetherbee, Associate Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., 
President of Tufts College, and Associate Lafayette G. Blair. 

National Patriotic Instructor, Comrade John B. Lewis, read a 
congratulatory message from Commander-in-Chief Trimble of 
Illinois. "Auld Lang Syne" closed another of those rare oc- 
casions which never grow stale and continue to bring the joy 
of youth to every heart. 

MINOR EVENTS 

At the January meeting Associate Member Lafayette G, 
Blair gave a very interesting talk upon his personal reminiscences 
and life previous to and during the Civil War. 



THE FORTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY 327 

February 16, Associate John Dixwell, M.D., provided a rare 
musical entertainment in Ford Hall, which was attended by the 
Post, Associates and their ladies and guests. 

At the February meeting, Captain John Stuart Barrows, 
Commander of the National Lancers, gave numerous selections 
of prose and poetry of his own composition. 

At the March meeting. Captain Richard Robins, late of the 
39th Infantry, U. S. Armj^, read a paper entitled "Personal 
Experiences at Gettysburg with the Regulars," which was 
listened to with interest. 

April 10, a lecture by Mr. D. H. ]\IacMillan on the "Arctic 
Region" with stereopticon views was provided by Comrade 
William E. Murdock, Senior Vice-Commander, in Ford Hall. 
He spoke largely from his personal experiences in Arctic 
exploration, and the large audience of members. Associates, guests 
and their ladies were well repaid for their attendance. 

April 28, Comrade Charles Mason Fuller gave an illustrated 
lecture on the "West Indie Islands." It was an instructive 
evening. 

At the November meeting. Past Commander Wales read 
extracts from the History of the Regiment in which he served, 
upon "The Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.," interspersed with per- 
sonal recollections. 

At the December meeting. Comrade Greenleaf A. Goodale 
read a paper on the correspondence between Colonel Clark and 
General Baldy Smith, relative to the assault at the "Bloody 
Angle." 

The same evening, John Gordon, Esq., delivered a lecture on 
his experiences in the Soudan from 1882 to 1886, as a member 
of the 42d Royal Highlanders, "The Black Watch Regiment." 

All of the entertainments, lectures and public occasions were 
attended by the associate members who have been cordially 
welcomed by the Comrades. 

The regular business meetings of the Post for the past three 
years have been very informal and poorly attended ; during the 
present year this condition has been notal^ly true. The enter- 
tainments when held the same evening and coming before the 
business meeting may account for the falling off in attendance 
upon the latter. The change is certainly quite in contrast with 
the large, lively and interesting Post meetings of former years. 



328 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Four esteemed Comrades passed to the higher life during 
the year, viz. : — 

Franklin G. Bixby, July 5. 
Edward F. Gaskin, July 11. 
Walter Burns, July 12. 
George E. Mitchell, September 11. 

To these must be added Colonel William M. Olin, an 
Honorary Life Kinsley Associate Member and one of the best 
known Grand Army Comrades in the Department. He was a 
Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief and a firm friend of Post 
No. 113. 

"Then let us be proud of our little bronze button. 
And wear it with spirit both loyal and bold ; 
Fraternally welcome each one who supports it. 

With love in our hearts for our Comrades of old." 

COMMANDER WILLIAM PARK 

Service, Civil War. 9th Mass. Light Battery. 2d Lieutenant. 

The administration of Commander Park was without 
unusual feature. He was zealous in the performance of the 
details of his office, especially in visiting the sick, attending 
the funeral obsequies of deceased Comrades, and in a quiet 
and unostentatious way advancing the interests of the Post. 
It was a year of peace with many occasions of special pleasure. 




JAMES D. LBATHBRBEE 
Post Commander, 1912 



CHAPTER XLVII 



Nineteen Hundred Twelve 

Washington's Birthday. Patriot's Day. Memorial Observ- 
ances. Dr. Charles Fleischer, Orator. "Old Glory" in a 
Confederate Home. The Forty-third Anniversary. Minor 
Events. Necrology of the Year. Sketch of Commander 
James D. Leatherbee. 

THE officers were installed at the January meeting, in the 
presence of the Members, Associates and invited guests, 
by Comrade William L. Gage of Post No. 87, with Senior Vice- 
Department Commander George A. Hosley, of Post No. 
11, as Officer of the Day. 



Commander .... 
Senior Vice-Commander 
Junior Vice-Commander 
Adjutant .... 
Quartermaster . 
Surgeon .... 
Chaplain .... 
Patriotic Instructor 
Officer of the Day 
Officer of the Guard 
Serge ant-Major 
Quartermaster-Sergeant 



Council of Administration 



Trustees of Post 



Trustees of Relief Fund 



James D. Leatherbee. 

Alexander M. Ferris. 

James M. Simpson. 

Oliver P. Ricker. 

Arthur Hooper. 

Horace E. Marion, M.D. 

Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

John B. Lewis, Jr. 

George H. Guyer. 

Henry G. Weston. 

Henry J. Bardwell. 

J. Howard Sullivan. 
[ Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
■I BowDoiN S. Parker, 
[ John C. Cook. 
I Charles B. Amory, Ch., 

William H. Alline, 
[ Greenleaf a. Goodale. 
I Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
I Ira B. Goodrich, 

George H. Graves. 



Washington's birthday 

The first general assembly of the Members, Associates and 
guests was held February 22, at the headquarters, mth a lunch 

329 



330 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

in Kingsley Hall. Music by the Schubert Quartette. The 
Commander read a paper on "An Incident of the Siege of York- 
town, in April, 1862," and several addresses were made. 

patriot's day 

A second assembly similar to the foregoing was held April 19, 
at which Comrade James M. Simpson read an extremely 
interesting paper on "Reminiscences of Army Service in the 
First District of Columbia Cavalry." Several additional fea- 
tures appropriately filled out the patriotic day. 

MEMORIAL OBSERVANCES 

Sunday, May 26, the Post and Associates attended the 
Arlington Street Church and listened to an inspiring sermon 
by the pastor, the Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham. 

MEMORIAL DAY 

May 30 was fittingly observed on the general plan of previous 
years. 

The line was formed with the Coast Artillery Corps Band and 
the Seventh Company of Coast Artillery Corps acting as escort. 
A short service was held in the Hall of Flags at the State 
House, at which the poem "Nothing But Flags" was read by 
Master John Martin, a pupil of the Lincoln School. The 
exercises at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the Common 
and in Tremont Temple followed. The musical programme 
at the Temple was largely given up to the chorus singing of the 
public school children numbering over one thousand, the Glee 
Clubs of the English High School and High School of Commerce 
and instrumental selections by the English High School Orches- 
tra. Altogether, it was one of the most pleasing and agreeable 
musical combinations ever given upon such an occasion. 

" Lincoln's Gettysburg Address " was recited by Master 
Max Alfred, a pupil of the Wendell Phillips School, who was 
generously applauded. 

A specially designed Kinsley Post button was presented to 
the lads who had assisted the Comrades in decorating the 
graves, earlier in the day. 

The Oration was delivered by Dr. Charles Fleischer, his 



"OLD GLORY" IN A CONFEDERATE HOME 331 

theme being "Our Country's Cause." It was so much admired 
that Kinsley Associate Hon. J. Stearns Cushing printed the 
Oration and presented it to the Post for general distribution. 

In the afternoon an enjoyable home reunion, dinner and 
speeches filled out a very creditable celebration. Among the 
speakers in the afternoon were Dr. Charles Fleischer, Rev. 
Thomas Van Ness and General Morris Schaff. 

"old glory" in a confederate home 

An incident peculiar to Post No. 113 was the presentation of 
a handsome United States Flag with one hundred thirteen 
dollars to the Confederate Soldiers' Home at New Orleans, La. 
A hearty welcome was given the Flag by the old Confederates 
on July 4, and the money sent provided them means for suitable 
entertainment. 

The Flag now has the place of honor at the head of the meeting 
room in the Home. 

Strong words of patriotism, loyalty and gratitude were 
freely expressed by the Confederate Veterans. 

ANNIVERSARY 

November 22 found the Comrades, Associates and guests, 
to the number of one hundred nineteen, assembled to renew 
allegiance to each other and the Flag at Young's for the forty- 
third Post Anniversary. After the usual reception and greet- 
ings the Company entered the main dining room which had 
been decorated more profusely than ever before and were 
seated at the banquet board. 

The menu finished, the Commander called to order and wel- 
comed all to the great Post festival of the year. The Comrades 
"gone before" were remembered by all standing, while the or- 
chestra rendered the refrain of "The Vacant Chair." 

Kinsley Associate, the Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., 
was then announced as Toast-master, who, after a short address, 
introduced the following gentlemen : — 

Captain De Witt Coffman, U. S. Navy. 

Department Commander George A. Hosley. 

Captain Kramer, a Confederate Veteran. 

Dr. Snedden, of State Board of Education.. 



332 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Dr. Dyer, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. 

Letters were read from Lafayette Post No. 140 of New York, 
Associate John Hays Hammond and Confederate Colonel 
John S. Mosby. 

The keynote of most of the speakers was the subject of teach- 
ing patriotism to the rising generation, to whom the Civil War 
and what it means was but a matter of history. The addresses 
were thoughtful and worthy the day and the occasion. 

The assembly was dismissed much earlier than ever before. 
It was a social occasion, but not one of the "red letter" anni- 
versaries. 

MINOR EVENTS 

Several excellent papers were presented at the monthly 
meetings during the year : — 

Professor Henry Helm Clayton of Harvard University on 
"Aerial Navigation," with illustrations. 

Comrade Alexander M. Ferris, a paper entitled "The 19th 
Army Corps and the 30th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry." 

Comrade Dr. Horace E. Marion, a paper entitled "A Boy with 
a Gun in the Civil War." 

Comrade Frank E. Orcutt, a paper on "His Experiences as 
a Land-lubber in Command of a Portion of 'Uncle Sam's' 
Navy, in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Year 1864." 

Comrade Henry G. Weston, an address on his "Personal 
Reminiscences." 

Comrade Arthur Hooper, a paper on his "Personal Expe- 
riences during the Civil War." 

Associate Dr. John Dixwell provided two splendid concerts 
during the year for the Post and its friends in Ford Hall, which 
were fully attended. The music was of a high order, and the 
entertainment was varied and enthusiastically received by the 
delighted audiences. 

Commander-in-Chief Alfred B. Beers honored the Post by 
a brief visit, December 18, which was greatly appreciated. 

Generous donations of money, books and other articles were 
made to the Post. 

A pleasant surprise to Comrade Oliver P. Ricker was the gift 
of a diamond-studded scarf pin from Post Comrades, in recogni- 
tion of his devotion to his duties as Post Adjutant ; also the 
presenting to William Park, the retiring Commander, at the 



GIFTS TO COMRADES AND DONATIONS BY POST 333 

January meeting, of a handsomely framed copy of "Lincoln's 
Gettysburg Address." 

The Post donated one hundred thirteen dollars to the 
"Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Memorial Fund"; also sums to the 
"Lincoln University Endowment Association" and also to other 
worthy patriotic objects, not neglecting the charity due the 
needy Veterans or the widows and orphans of departed Com- 
rades. 

The following Comrades and Associates were "mustered 
out," viz. : — 

Samuel Clarence Ellis, January 22, 

Henry G. Wheeloek, June 1, 

Silas Sanborn, June 14, 

Henry S. Fisher, July 27, 

Charles H. Spencer, August 14, 

Alfred H. Kinsley, September .5, 

Charles H. Boardman, September 18, 

J. Waldo Denny, December 4, 

Charles G. Davis, December 30. 

Kinsley Associates 
Henry N. Sawyer, July 12, 
Thomas Hooper, November 22, 
Lafayette G. Blair, December 6. 



COMMANDER JAMES D. LEATHERBEE 
Service in Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 

He was highly recommended for a Commission as Lieutenant by his 
Captain, C. B. Baldwin, and his regimental Commander, Colonel 
Robert Cowdin. 

Commander Leatherbee attended to the numerous details 
of his position with fidelity, and his administration was well 
supported by the Comrades. 

The social side was carefully cultivated, and the growing 
tendency in this direction of late years has brought the Members 
and Associates into closer relations, whereby the organization 
has been benefited and strengthened in several ways. 

Notwithstanding the loss of many valued Comrades and the 
consequent decrease in numbers, the Post is still strong, vigilant 
and prosperous. To this condition Commander Leatherbee's 
efforts as Commander and as a subordinate officer for many 
years has materially contributed. 



CHAPTER XLVIIl 
Nineteen Hundred Thirteen 

The Opening Meeting. The Social Side. A Historic Memorial 
Observance. Memorial Sunday. Ceremonies Memorial Day. 
The Blue and the Gray Unite to Honor the Soldier Dead. 
Address of Commander Ferris. Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad- 
dress. Oration by Hon. William A. Morse. Reception and 
Luncheon. Colonel J. F. Burke Decorated. Speech of 
Colonel Burke. Press Comments. The Gettysburg Semi- 
centennial. Current Thoughts on the Semi-Centennial. 
Sketch of Commander Alexander M. Ferris. 

installation 

rilHE following officers were installed by Past Commander- 
J- in-Chief John E. Oilman, Comrade Frank Bell of Post 
No. 26 acting as Officer of the Day : 

Commander Alexander M. Ferris. 

Senior Vice-Commander James M. Simpson. 

Junior Vice-Commander Frank E. Orcutt. 

Adjutant Oliver P. Ricker. 

Quartermaster Arthur Hooper. 

Surgeon Horace E. Marion, M.D. 

Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton. 

Patriotic Instructor John B. Lewis. 

Officer of the Day James D. Leatherbee. 

Officer of the Guard Henry G. Weston. 

Sergeant-Major Henry J. Bardwell. 

Quartermaster-Sergeant . . . . E. L Armington. 

f Ephraim B. Stillings, Ch., 
Council of Administration . . , | Bowdoin S. Parker, 

[ John C. Cook. 

f Charles B. Amory, Ch., 
Trustees of Post j William H. Alline, 

[ Greenleaf a. Goodale. 

[ Albert W. Hersey, Ch., 
Trustees of Relief Fund . . . . | Ira B. Goodrich, 



George H. Graves. 



334 




ALEXANDER M. FERRIS 
Post Commander, 1913 



AN HISTORIC MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE 335 



THE OPENING MEETING 

The opening meeting of the year, held January 15, was 
largely attended, and the newly installed board of officers was 
given a royal send-off. 

THE SOCIAL SIDE 

It was evident that the social side, prominent for a few years 
previous, was to be assiduously cultivated. It was fitting that 
this should be so, as active public functions, particularly if they 
involved much marching or considerable physical fatigue, 
were ill advised for the "Old Boys," though still young in spirit. 

The real delight experienced in listening to Civil War remi- 
niscences seemed to be increasing as the years advance and the 
sense of reality dimmed into memory. Each war paper given 
only increased the avidity for more. 

AN HISTORIC MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE 

The forty-sixth annual Memorial Day, May 30, 1913, was a 
historic event for Post No. 113. It was the culmination of a 
series of remarkable celebrations carrying out the "113 Idea" 
relating to fraternity and charity between the Veterans of 1861 
to 1865, North and South, and the teaching of patriotism and 
unity of the Republic. 

It was occasioned by the visit of the "Old Guard " of the Gate 
City Guards of Atlanta, Georgia. This organization, one of 
the oldest in the United States, antedating the Civil War, and 
one of the first to offer its services to the Confederate cause, was 
also the first to visit the Northern cities after the close of the 
War, on the patriotic mission of illustrating the true spirit of 
the Southern people toward a restored union of the country 
and the Flag. 

Their membership comprises ex-Confederate Veterans with 
their sons and other younger men who have united with them 
since the War. 

MEMORIAL SUNDAY, MAY TWENTY-FIFTH 

Impressive services were held at Sears Chapel, Brookline, 
conducted by the Rev. Thomas Van Ness, a Kinsley Associate. 



336 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

The edifice was handsomely decorated with flowers and flags, 
and a feature of the service was the singing of the Sunday- 
school children under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Wiswell. 

The speaker took for his subject "The New Disunion to be 
Feared." He said in part : — 

"A half century ago the call came to those in the South to be loyal 
to the declaration of rights ; to you here in the North the call came to 
be loyal to the sense of duty — duty to a Union which, whether for 
the temporary adversity of one part and the prosperity of another part, 
must nevertheless be continued. 

"We are glad to-day that the great conflict of rights vs. duties is 
settled, at least politically ; we are glad, Southerner as well as North- 
erner, that the question of political union is decided forever and that 
the United States is a nation. 

******* 

"But this imperativeness of duty, is it generally recognized ? Do the 
many foreign-born here in America recognize it ? Do our own sons 
and grandsons acknowledge it ? Or, is there not now a new insistence 
upon rights ? Look about you and tell me are we not threatened with 
a new form of disunion, one which shall cleave asunder class from class 
— the inhabitants of the same State, even those of the same city — - 
and bring upon us all greater evils than those feared a half century ago. 

"To-day there are Socialistic speakers and labor agitators who in 
their earnestness of speech remind us of the former Southern political 
constitutionalist and pamphleteer. These men are telling the masses 
that they cannot hope to establish the ideal Commonwealth under 
present economic conditions. 'Only when each man in the com- 
munity,' they assert, 'is allowed his proper rights can we hope to see 
justice and peace reign supreme.' 

******* 

"The emphatic insistence on rights is leading to disunion; it is 
breaking up communities into parts each with its own petty special 
interests ; it is threatening the United States with a new sectionalism, 
worse even than the old political sectionalism which was so great a 
menace a half century ago. 

"Club is arrayed against association, union against industrial 
workers, federation over against employers' organization. New watch- 
words are heard and new mottoes and symbols are taking the place 
of those large and inclusive ones which we call American, which repre- 
sent Unity and Brotherhood and Patriotism." 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY UNITE TO HONOR THE SOLDIER DEAD 

Upon the invitation of Post No. 113 the Old Guard of Atlanta, 
Georgia, united with the Post in the impressive services of 
Memorial Day, May 30. 



BLUE AND GRAY HONOR THE SOLDIER DEAD 337 

It is believed to be the first time — certainly in New England 
— that any military body from a Southern State, commanded 
by an ex-Confederate officer and with ex-Confederates in its 
ranks, has paraded with and united in the full exercises and 
ceremonies of Memorial Day with a Post of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. 

The visiting organization arrived in Boston the evenmg ot 
May 28 and was received by a committee of the Post and 
delegations from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 
and the Boston Light Infantry. They were entertained the 
29th by the two latter bodies, and on the 30th they were the 
guests of the Post for the remainder of their stay in the city. 

Officers of the Old Guard, Atlanta, Georgia 

Joseph F. Burke, Colonel. 

E. J. Spratling, Captain and Adjutant. ' 

A. McD. Wilson, Captain and Commissary. 

BoLLiNG H. Jones, Captain and Quarter- Master. 

W. S. Elkin, Captain and Surgeon. 

Staff 

W. M. Crumley, Captain Louis Gholstin, Colonel 

Dr. E. L. Connally Benj. B. Crew 

First Company Second Company 

George M. Napier . Captain P. J- Cooledge . Captain 

Charles B. Byrd . First Lieut. P.F.Clarke . First Lieut. 

J.W.MURRELL . . Second Lieut. A.H.Davis . . Second Lieut. 

Non-Commissioned Staff 
Ben Lee Crew . . Color Sergt. E. L. Bergstrom . Color Corp. 
F. T. Ridge . . . Color Sergt. W. P. Andrews . Color Corp. 

Non-Commissioned Line Officers 
W. E. Hancock . 1st Sergt. 1st Co. W. O. Wilson . M Sergt. 1st Co. 
H.Jones. . . 1st Sergt. M Co. F. M. Berry . 2d Sergt. 2d Co. 

CEREMONIES MEMORIAL DAY 

Line was formed at Post headquarters at 9 a.m. in the follow- 
ing order, viz. : — , „r * ^ l- 

Detail of Police. Coast Artillery Corps Band, W. A. Cushmg, 
Leader. Escort, Second Company Coast Artillery Corps, 
Captain Albert S. Kendall, commanding. Boston Light 



338 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Infantry Veteran Corps, Captain Charles H. Lake, commanding. 
Old Guard of Atlanta, Georgia, Colonel Joseph F. Burke, com- 
maliding. The Post Commander, Staff and Honorary Staff. 
Post No. 113, First Company, Senior Vice-Commander James 
M. Simpson, commanding. Second Company, Junior Vice- 
Commander, Frank E. Orcutt, commanding. Kinsley Asso- 
ciates, Captain Albert A. Gleason, commanding. Comrade 
Past Commander George F. Hall was Chief of the Post Com- 
mander's Staff, and Comrades Past Commanders Nathaniel 
Wales and Bowdoin S. Parker were personal Aides of Colonel 
Joseph F. Burke. 

The line of march was first taken to the State House, where 
in the Hall of Flags an address and invocation was made by 
Kinsley Associate, the Rev. Thomas Van Ness. The march 
was then taken up to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on 
the Common, where the customary decorative G. A, R. service 
was performed by the Post ; following which. Colonel Burke 
placed a large wreath of Georgia laurel inscribed "Old Guard, 
Atlanta, Georgia," at the base of the monument, and each of 
the visiting members advanced and deposited a similar smaller 
wreath ; later the ladies of the Southern members completed 
the decoration by placing flowers about the monument. 

The service was very effective and beautiful. It was wit- 
nessed by a large number of our citizens. 

The march was then resumed to Tremont Temple, which was 
reached at 10 o'clock. The spacious auditorium was crowded 
to the doors, while the upper balconies were radiant with eager 
faces of the more than one thousand public school children, each 
of whom had a flag ; most of the girls were dressed in white. 
The "Old Guard," Post and escort took seats in a space 
reserved for them in the centre on the main floor. The usual 
order of exercises was generally observed. 

The musical service was arranged under the supervision of 
Mr. James M. McLaughlin, of the Kinsley Associates, Director 
of Music of the City of Boston, and rendered by the Lowell 
Orchestral Club, Mr. William Lester Bates, Conductor, and a 
chorus of one thousand pupils under the direct superintendence 
of Mr. B. Harold Hamblin, Conductor. The seating and 
control of this chorus of pupils were in the hands of Mr. Joseph 
A. Reddy, Principal of the Oliver Wendell Holmes School. 



CEREMONIES MEMORIAL DAY 339 

Pupils in the chorus were from the following Boston public 
schools : Abraham Lincoln, Bowdoin, Henry Grew, Hugh 
O'Brien, John Winthrop, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Phillips 
Brooks and Roger Wolcott. 

Coast Artillery Corps Band, Mr. W. A. Cushing, Leader. 

The vocal and instrumental selections were given in perfect 
unison, with a sweetness of harmony and tone never excelled 
upon such an occasion. 

The wonderful system of musical training as shown by the 
results, due to the work of Mr. McLaughlin and his able assist- 
ants, was indeed a revelation to all privileged to listen to the 
pupils' remarkable efforts. 

The following selections were specially noteworthy, viz. : 
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," by boys of the Abraham 
Lincoln School, with chorus by the pupils of the public schools ; 
Military March, "Spirit of Independence," by the Lowell 
Orchestra Club; "The Lost Chord," by orchestra and organ; 
"The Twenty-third Psalm" (Mendelssohn), by chorus of 
pupils. 

ADDRESS BY COMMANDER ALEXANDER M. FERRIS 

Commander Ferris in his opening address well expressed the 
spirit of the occasion. He said in part : — 

"Another year has passed, and again we have assembled on Memorial 
Day, to pay our annual tribute of love to the memory of our departed 
Comrades, and so far as it lies in our power, to inculcate lessons of 
patriotism in the younger generations ; to inspire in the hearts of our 
adopted countrymen respect and love for the flag which our forefathers 
unfurled, and which led us, in its defence, into the field of civil strife, 
and on to battlefields that brought suffering and sorrow to every fire- 
side in our land ; to extend to all who now live under its folds the 
hand of friendship and brotherly love, without hypocrisy, pretence 
or untruth ; with a prayer that the intelligence and wisdom of our 
people may overcome the tyranny of ignorance, and control the spirit 
of unrest that is to-day beclouding our fair land ; so that our flag may 
float over a nation glittering with the sunshine of peace and prosperity. 

" In the performance of our duties to-day, we have decorated thirteen 
church and school tablets, five statues, the Soldiers' Monument on the 
Common and one hundred and ninety-seven graves. The names of 
ten more Comrades of our Post have been added to the long and silent 
roll since our last Memorial Day. 

"This number, 197, includes not onl.y the grave of Mrs. Harrison Gray 



340 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Otis, who gave so many of us that little bag containing needles, thread 
and thimble, pins and darnings, when we marched to the front, but 
also the graves of two Confederate Veterans, John Buck, of the Vir- 
ginia Black Horse Cavalry, and John F. PuUen, of the 15th Virginia 
Cavalry, who came among us, died and were buried here far from their 
homes in the Southland. They faced and fought us, for a principle 
which they believed to be right, with all the courage of the American 
soldier. We shall remember and decorate their graves so long as we 
survive as a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

" We recall many noteworthy events and distinguished orators on our 
Memorial Days of the past, orators from the South as well as the North, 
and it is with great pleasure that I refer to Gen. John B. Gordon and 
Gen. Joe Wheeler, and Mrs. Pickett, the widow of Maj.-Gen. George 
E. Pickett, who thrilled us wdth her eloquence from this platform on 
our Memorial Day of 1909. 

" To-day we have with us, as our escort and honored guests, a military 
organization from the South, representing the South of 1861 and of 
1913, the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard, of Atlanta, Georgia, 
having in its ranks representatives of the best intelligence and citizen- 
ship of the most enterprising city of the South. On its rolls are found 
old Confederate soldiers, who fought for their cause, and the scions 
of these worthy sires. 

" As Commander of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Dept. of Massa- 
chusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, it is the honor and pleasure 
of my life to greet and welcome you here on this Memorial Day of 
1913. By your presence here with us this day, you have surely filled 
our hearts with the highest degree of confidence in your patriotism, 
devotion and sincerity to the unity principles of our forefathers. 
Your mission of peace and good-will is appreciated, not only by the 
citizens of Boston, but by the whole people of this Commonwealth." 

Lincoln's Gettysburg address 

A pleasing inovation was introduced in the recitation of 
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which for several years had been 
repeated by a young school lad, but which was this year given 
by little Miss Julia Landrabbe, apparently about ten years of 
age, a pupil of the Abraham Lincoln School. She performed 
this service in a most admirable manner ; her voice was full 
and clear; her enunciation was perfect, and rhythm, pitch 
and manner were a marvel for one so tiny. 

She could be distinctly heard throughout the large auditorium, 
and was enthusiastically applauded. 



ORATION BY HON. WILLIAM A. MORSE 341 

ORATION BY HON. WILLIAM A. MORSE 

The formal exercises of the day were concluded by an oration 
delivered by Hon. William A. Morse of Boston and a Kinsley 
Associate. 

He referred at some length to the "Heroes of the War." 
In eulogizing the deeds of the men of the South, he welcomed 
the members of the "Old Guard," saying : — 

"Your first courageous visit of peace in 1870 elicited the admiration 
of the cities through which you journeyed to us on your brotherly 
mission. It was as brave as it was noble. You who had suffered 
most coming into the heart of New England to show us your good-will, 
only five years after the war was over, but your call came none too 
early and most happy and pleasant were its results. 

"I offer you the heart and good wishes of not only every Union 
soldier, but the sincere compliment and regard of all our citizens. As 
they admired your courage on the field of battle, so they are proud of 
the energy and success with which you have rebuilded your country. 
The South went back to homes, sorrowful in defeat and surrounded by 
destruction and desolation. The North came home, the pride and joy 
of victory sobered by the sable emblem of woe they found in almost 
every home, but you were once again their fellow-citizens, and even 
in that hour they reached out their hands to help you to your feet. 

' ' To you more than to us has been given the problem of the colored 
race ; to us has been given the problem of dealing with many races. 
One question must be settled now, and in a new way ; it is the same 
question of 'but one flag.' We want every human being, no matter 
how poor or how ignorant or how unfortunate, to receive the fullest 
measure of every good thing that they can achieve or to which they are 
entitled. 

"But the red flag, the signal of danger, must not be carried through 
our streets in a spirit of ridicule or bitterness, or as a menace to our 
consecrated emblem that stands for liberty, law and order." 

At the close of the Temple ceremonies the members of the 
Post and other organizations retired, quickly forming on 
Tremont Street, and marched to the American House. 

RECEPTION AND LUNCHEON 

After a very friendly and social hour together, all repaired 
to the "Mahogany Banquet Hall," each guest being escorted 
by and seated at the table with a member of Post No. 113. 
A handsome and unique booklet was distributed, which con- 
tained the menu and also, among other things, a short sketch 



342 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

of the work of Post No. 113 in the past in inculcating unity of 
feeling and harmonious citizenship between the estranged 
sections of our common country; and as illustrating the "113 
Idea," were added short extracts of patriotic letters and speeches 
from prominent men of both sections delivered in connection 
with former similar occasions. It formed a neat and suggestive 
souvenir of this very notable Memorial Day. The music was 
furnished by Daggett's Orchestra. 

POST-PRANDIAL 

Commander Ferris opened the after-dinner festivities with 
a brief address of welcome and then presented Hon. Samuel L. 
Powers as toast-master, who brought to the position a learning, 
subtle wit, eloquence and charm of manner peculiarly his own. 
In the absence of the Governor, he introduced Lieutenant- 
Governor Walsh, who responded in an eloquent speech to the 
toast of the "Commonwealth." In the absence of the Mayor, 
Councillor John J. Att ridge, representing the city, ably spoke 
to the toast "Boston." 

COLONEL BURKE DECORATED 

Captain Morse, the orator of the clay, was then delegated by 
the Commander to apprise Colonel Burke that he had been made 
a Life Honorary Member of the Kinsley Associates, auxiliary 
to the Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, by a unanimous vote 
of the Post, and to present and pin upon his breast the gold 
badge of an Associate member. In graceful and fraternal words 
the badge was presented and pinned upon the breast of the 
white dress military coat of Colonel Burke, amid the greatest 
enthusiasm. The ex-Confederate officer was deeply affected 
and said, "And but fifty years ago the strong men of the South 
and the North waged bitter war against each other." 

SPEECH OF COLONEL JOSEPH F. BURKE 

In responding to the honor conferred upon him he said, in 
part : — 

"Why was it, gentlemen, that the Gate City Guards of Georgia 
came to Boston thirty-four years ago ? Was it because we were 
cringing to a victor in order that thrift might follow folly ? No, 




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gentlemen, we came as man to man for the one glorious purpose of 
aiding in further uniting the Union. 

"That our motives were not misunderstood is evidenced by your 
presenting this medal to me this afternoon. 

"But there are things 1 want you to learn of the South. I want 
you to learn of a portion of our history more harassing than the awful 
war itself. 

" When that awful struggle came to a close your Northern air was 
filled with cries of joy and thanksgiving. You Northern men marched 
back to your homes, and the streets were filled with people and there 
was celebration in your homecoming. Your cannon were speaking 
in salute the happiness of your people. On the other hand, the South- 
ern soldier was penniless and in rags. Week after week he trudged 
many weary miles looking for the place he had once called home, 
and for months he was forced to hunt for his wife and children who had 
been forced to wander far from their original hearthside by the ravages 
of war. Om" whole world was destroyed. No words of criticism 
passed the lips of our great commander. There were no illuminations 
to welcome him home. 

" And we had all been fighting for principles we had honestly 
believed in. The question had been decided and had been accepted 
in good faith. The Union was restored. We surrendered like men. 

"It has often been said that we were fighting for the perpetuation of 
slavery. This was not so. We were simply fighting for our right to 
keep slaves if we wanted to. We were fighting for State rights — 
rights to be allowed to make our laws for our particular States. 

"Slavery was not the cornerstone of the secession movement. 
Only five per cent of the Southerners kept slaves at that time. 

"We were taxed by the government without representation — the 
same principle which caused oiu- American Revolution. We honestly 
believed we were right. Thirty-four years ago there was much talk 
of bitterness between our factions. I did not believe it, and with the 
approval of the men who fought with me in the Confederate army the 
trip of the Gate City Guards was proposed to the North to determine 
the question. From the start we found that the Northern people were 
not bitter against us ; to the contrary, they stood for a solidified union 
forever. A generation has passed and we have come again. Gentle- 
men, the American flag is destined — mind you, I say destined — to 
forever float on high, for if we couldn't tear it down in four years, no 
one can." 

The time allotted to this function having expired, it closed by 
all joining hands and singing the good old familiar refrain, 
"Auld Lang Syne." Line was immediately formed and the 
"Old Guard" escorted by the military companies and the Post 
marched to the South Station ; where, after most cordial expres- 
sions of pleasure and satisfaction by the Southern Veterans and 



344 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

friends and with the best of wishes of their Northern Comrades, 
they entrained and departed upon their homeward journey. 

Colonel Arnold A. Rand, Commander Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion of the United States ; Dr. Franklin B. Dyer, 
Superintendent of the Public Schools ; Hon. Samuel J. Elder ; 
Hon. Wilmot R. Evans and others were present as guests of 
the Post during the day. 

PRESS COMMENTS 

A few extracts from the daily press very well represent the 
public interest manifested in the visit of the "Old Guard" of 
Atlanta, Georgia, and the entertainment and welcome given 
them by the Post. 

From the Evening Record : — 

"Another Memorial Day has passed into history, and the day after 
finds thoughtful men and women a bit sad at the gaps in the Grand 
Army ranks, grown wider since a year ago. But the 'boys' marched 
past, they will march past next year, and they will march past always, 
while the human heart here in this free country beats with the blood 
of grateful patriotism ; they will march by, though the last has gone 
to his reward. There is a lessening of the ranks each year, as we see 
them, but there is no lessening in the ranks as our hearts know them. 
The Grand Army will not be forgotten. Its ranks will staj' ever filled 
out in memory." 

"These Georgia soldiers are genial companions and good fellows, 
and their visit has left a warm feeling for these men, some of whom were 
once arrayed against us in arms. Their gallant commander. Colonel 
Burke, is a most likable man, and one with broad views, and a heart 
full of love for country." 

From the Boston Globe : — 

"The beautiful memorial services of Edward W. Kinsley Post 
No. 113, G. A. R., which have always been a feature of the day in 
Boston, had a double significance Friday as the comrades had with 
them the members of the Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Georgia, which 
is made up of men who fought in the Confederacy from '61 to '6.5. 

" The veterans from the South came specially to perform escort duty 
for the Post and to participate in all the services of the day, and to 
be its guests at the luncheon to follow the services in Tremont Temple. 

" The Post arranged a most elaborate program, and the reception that 
the Southerners received in Tremont Temple will be one that wiU be 
ever remembered."- 



PRESS COMMENTS 345 

"The brotherhood of the North and the South was cemented together 
more firmly than ever yesterday afternoon at the American House 
when Colonel J. F. Burke, a former Confederate officer, and commander 
of the Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Georgia, was made an honorary 
Life Associate member of Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, by the 
men he engaged in conflict with during the Civil War. 

" Even more impressive was this ceremony than the ceremony of the 
morning when the visiting Southerners as guests of Kinsley Post 
decorated the Union Soldiers' Monument on Boston Common. 

" The Georgians left Boston for home on the 6 o'clock train last night 
after the closing event of the day, a rousing banquet tendered them by 
the Kinsley Veterans." 

From the Boston Herald: — 

"Boston paid tribute yesterday to that great 'Army of the Dead' 
which, in life, made the nation one. 

" From early morning until nightfall those veterans of the fast-waning 
Grand Army of the Republic and members of many other organiza- 
tions — patriotic, military, civic and religious — did honor to the heroes 
of the nation's wars." 

"And yesterday was a historic Memorial Day for Boston. For the 
first time in many years the South joined with the North in its tribute. 
The Blue and Gray marched together, and veterans of ' Dixie, ' repre- 
sented by the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, Georgia, with their wives 
and children, acted with the G. A. R. posts of this city in laying wreaths 
and flowers on the graves and statues of the soldier dead." 

"Under the two white flags of Massachusetts and Georgia, veteran 
soldiers of two vanished armies joined yesterday in the solemn duties of 
Memorial Day. North and South vied in the sad memories of the day 
in the observances as carried out by Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, 
G. A. R., in the Hall of Flags at the State House, in Tremont Temple 
and later at the banquet table in the American House." 

From the Boston American : — 

"Boston's Memorial Day celebration this year was marked by the 
presence in Boston, for the first time, of forty members of the Gate 
City Guard of Atlanta, an organization composed of Confederate 
veterans of the Civil War, with some younger men since taken in. 

"The men who wore the 'Gray' in the great struggle joined in 
Boston with men who wore the 'Blue' in honoring Boston's soldier 
dead at the State House, on Boston Common and in Tremont Temple. 

" It was a striking reunion of the 'Blue and the Gray,' although the 
Southern guests, as a matter of fact, were officially attired in white 
flannel coats, blue trousers and bearskin hats. 

"Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G. A. R., was Memorial Day 
host for the Georgia visitors." 



346 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

GETTYSBURG SEMI-CENTENNIAL 

The great union of the Blue and the Gray in the fiftieth 
anniversary of the pivotal battle of the Civil War at Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, held July 1 to 5, witnessed a fraternizing of 
55,000 veteran soldiers of the North and the South, the like 
of which the annals of history give no counterpart. Many of 
the Comrades of Post No. 113 were active participants in that 
terrible yet glorious conflict of might and valor between 
American soldiers, and a goodly delegation of members took 
part in this memorable celebration. 

Current thoughts on the semi-centennial : — 

From the Boston Evening Record: — 

"The great week at Gettysburg is closed. The Veterans have gone 
home. The most momentous anniversary in our national history has 
been celebrated, and with such success, and such significance, as may 
stagger the understanding of some older countries. Fifty years is 
not a long time, as history runs. We believe that to these old men, 
back on the field of the great battle, the jump back in thought to those 
stirring July days of '63 was short enough. Yet, short as was the time, 
and easily as memory slipped back to those war days, the bitterness 
and hatred of the war had died. These men, some in blue and some 
in gray, met on the once bloody field, and were stirred by the same 
sentiments, the love for their country. It is a great event, perhaps 
taken by the news-reading public during the week in too matter-of-fact 
a way. As time goes on and as history is written, the meaning of 
the semi-centennial will be the better gauged. It was a wonderful 
affair marked by many wonderful incidents." 

By Governor Cox of Ohio 

"The two armies are now near the great divide — facing the sunset, 
waiting for the sun to go down. Silhouetted on the evening skies we 
can see couriers, arm in arm, the blue and the gray, entering the shad- 
ows. Let us give to them a message to Grant and Lee, Sheridan and 
Jackson — to their Comrades beyond the skies — a message that both 
armies have won their greatest victory and that one flag shelters a 
reunited republic." 

Comrade Martin A. Munroe was called home May 5, 1913. 

The remaining events of the year were in full accord with the 
traditions of Post No. 113 as recorded in the preceding pages. 

It is a fitting period to pause and rejoice in the unprecedented 
success attained. 



COMMANDER ALEXANDER M. FERRIS 347 



COMMANDER ALEXANDER M. FERRIS 

Service, Civil War. 30th Mass. Infantry. Captain; Pro- 

vost Marshal ; Staff of Major-Gen- 
eral William H. Emory. 

Service, Illinois State Guard. 1st Regiment Illinois. State Guard. 

Captain. 

Service, M. V. M. 7th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Major ; 

Lieutenant-Colonel. 
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 
pany. Captain. 

Commander Ferris's long experience in military and civic 
societies, his excellent judgment and that undefinable quality 
usually denominated "sound common sense," most admirably 
fitted him for the exacting position of Commander of the 
unique Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113. 

It was his initiative that resulted in the invitation to the 
"Old Guard" of the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, Georgia, and 
to his energy and skill was due the plamiing and execution of the 
details of the splendid and historic Memorial services of the 
present year. 

It was an admirable and fortunate circumstance that the 
closing year of the published record of the Post could exhibit 
the splendid vitality of the organization, and show the esteem 
in which it was held for what it has done and what the Post 
represents. The work of Commander Ferris has redounded to 
his honor, and the enviable reputation of Post No. 113 has been 
fully maintained. 



THE FORTY-FOURTH POST ANNIVERSARY 

While the Post History was in press, the forty-fourth Anniversary 
was held at Young's Hotel on the evening of November 24, 1913. 

The Commander delivered an address of welcome. Comrade Gen. 
Charles H. Taylor was toastmaster, and, inhisown inimitable manner, 
presented the speakers of the evening as follows : Col. Arnold A. Rand, 
Past Commander-in-Chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion ; 
Hon. SamuelJ. Elder; Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, Rector of Trinity 
Church ; Hon. Samuel L. Powers ; and Ex-Governor Curtis Guild. 
The company were charmed by entertaining, witty, and eloquent 
speeches. 



CHAPTER XLIX 
Conclusion 

A PERUSAL of the foregoing chapters naturally indicates 
that much of the success attained by Post No. 113 was 
due to the ability, zeal and faithfulness of its several Com- 
manders ; and it should not be overlooked in this connection 
that they have generally continued their active interest after 
their several official terms expired. 

But there are also other causes which have aided in the 
upbuilding of the organization ; among these has been the 
system of delegating the arrangements of public activities and 
functions to committees composed chiefly of unofficial members, 
who have been invested Avith "full powers," whereby the 
influence, activity and advice of the representatives of the 
membership at large have been obtained and a greater feeling 
of personal and individual responsibility engendered. 

This method has done wonders in its practical application. 
The progress of many another organization has been stunted by 
the vicious habit of continually making its executive officers a 
committee to handle and control, in addition to their ordinary 
duties, the special and public activities of the body, to the 
exclusion of its unofficial members. 

In so far as Post No. 113 has erred in this direction, its 
power and effectiveness have been checked, and its membership 
has temporarily lost that acute and lively personal interest 
which is so essential to the highest development. 

No Commander or board of officers can long be officially 
successful after they have assumed to be, or are practically 
made, the organization itself. 

But there is still another cause which should not be forgotten, 
and that is the splendid work done by individual Comrades, 
who have never aspired to the Commandership or perhaps never 
held any elective office. 

348 




JAMBS M. SIMPSON 
Post Commander-elect for 1914 



CONCLUSION 349 

In a Post having such a distinguished membership of Com- 
rades, all of whom have aided in elevating and sustaining the 
Post's ideals, it is still fitting that the names of some who have 
rendered long and conspicuous service should be mentioned. 

Only the names of three clergymen appear upon the Post 
roster. Rev. Edward A. Horton became a member in 1884 
and at the election of that year was chosen Chaplain of the 
Post, his term commencing January, 1885. He has been 
reelected to the same position every year since and still holds 
the office. 

A glance at the records shows the many and notable occasions 
upon which he has represented the Post. No member has so 
often and for so long a period — except Past Commander 
Blackmar — been put forward upon public and social functions 
as the spokesman par excellence of the Post. His activities 
have brought strength and influential support, while his 
unnumbered acts of kindness and love to his Comrades and 
their families, both in seasons of gladness and of sorrow, need 
no herald. No member has done more to bring honor, renown 
and respect to the banner of Post No. 113 than Chaplain 
Horton. 

The second clergyman who came later among us was Colonel 
and Rev. Edward Anderson. He, like Chaplain Horton, has 
been during the years of his membership a tower of strength 
as a Post spokesman. His many addresses upon a great variety 
of occasions have delighted and entranced his listeners. His 
ready speech and exuberant flow of wit have been the joy of 
every Comrade. Who can measure the influence of such a man ? 

The third clergyman to unite with the Post, Rev. J. P. 
Langley Bodfish, has also rendered efficient service upon many 
occasions. His papers upon a variety of subjects, delivered 
before the Post, marked him as a man of erudition, wit and 
human sympathy. 

No one could be more ready to answer any call or perform any 
service wnthin his power for a Comrade of the Grand Army. 

His discharge of the duties of Department Chaplain was an 
honor to the organization to which he belonged. 

Of the general membership, the following names will be 
recognized as worthy of special mention in this connection, 
viz. : — 



350 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Louis N. Tucker, Solomon Hovey, Jr., Lowell B. Hiscock, 
Edward J. Jones, Caleb W. Hodgdon, James Bruerton, Frank 
P. Moss, George E. Mitchell, Edward P. Longley, Silas San- 
born, Myron W. Whitney, Joseph L. White, William H. 
Fessenden, Otis E. Weld, Charles B. Amory, William E. 
Murdock, Josiah H. Benton, Charles H. Taylor and Greenleaf 
A. Goodale. 

** Whatever hath been written shall remain, 
Nor be erased, nor written o'er again ; 
The unwritten only belongs to thee ; 
Take heed and ponder well what that shall be." 

— Longfellow. 



CHAPTER L 
Post No. 113 Memorial Day Orators 



Year 


Names 


Where Delivered 


1871 


Mr. Edward W. Kinsley 




Lexington 


1872 


Rev. William B. Wright 




Berkeley Street Church 


1873 


Rev. William H. H. Murray 




Park Street Church 


1874 


Rev. Henry H. Foote 




King's Chapel 


1875 


Rev. Minot J. Savage 




Church of the Unity 


1876 


Rev. William B. Wright 




Berkeley Street Church 


1877 


Rev. John P. W. Ware 




Arlington Street Church 


1878 


General Horace Binney Sargent 


Monument on Common 


1879 


Past Commander Wilmon 
Blackmar 


W. 


Monument on Common 


1880 


Colonel Thomas W. Higginson 


Monument on Common 


1880 


Past Commander Wilmon 
Blackmar 


W. 


Hingham 


1881 


Commander Thomas R. Mathews 


Monument on Common 


1881 


Governor John D. Long 




Tremont Temple 


1882 


Hon. Charles E. Pratt 




Monument on Common 


1883 


Rev. Edward A. Horton 




Second Church 


1884 


Rev. Brooke Hereford 




Arlington Street Church 


1885 


Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter 




HoUis Street Church 


1886 


Rev. James De Normandie 




Church of the Unity 


1887 


Rev. David Gregg, D.D. 




Park Street Church 


1888 


Rev. George A. Gordon 




New Old South Church 


1889 


Rev. William H. H. Murray 




Tremont Temple 


1890 


Major-General Daniel 
Sickles 


E. 


Tremont Temple 


1891 


Mrs. Mary L. Livermore 




Tremont Temple 


1892 


Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. 


Tremont Temple 


1893 


Brigadier-General Joshua 
Chamberlain 


L. 


Music Hall 


1894 


Major-General Oliver 
Howard 


0. 


Music Hall 


1895 


Lieutenant-General Nelson 
Miles 


A. 


Boston Theatre 


1896 


Judge Albion Weingard Tourgee 


Boston Theatre 


1897 


Major-General Wager Swayne 


Tremont Temple 



351 



352 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 



Year 


Names 


Where Delivered 


1898 


Past Commander Wilmon W. 
Blackmar 


Tremont Temple 


1899 


Major-General Joseph Wheeler 


Boston Theatre 


1900 


Chaplain Roswell W. Hoes, 
U. S. Navy 


Tremont Temple 


1901 


Brigadier-General Charles H. 
Grosvenor 


Tremont Temple 


1902 


Brigadier-General Charles P. 
Mattocks 


Tremont Temple 


1903 


Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. 


Tremont Temple 


1904 


Rev. Edward Anderson 


Tremont Temple 


1905 


Ex-Governor John L. Bates 


Tremont Temple 


1906 


Ex-Governor John D. Long 


Tremont Temple 


1907 


Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, 
D.D. 


Tremont Temple 


1908 


Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, D.D. 


Tremont Temple 


1909 


Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett 


Tremont Temple 


1910 


Brigadier-General John C. 
Black 


Tremont Temple 


1911 


Brigadier-General Horatio C. 
King 


Tremont Temple 


1912 


Dr. Charles Fleischer 


Tremont Temple 


1913 


Hon. William A. Morse 


Tremont Temple 



ROSTER 

OF 

EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST No. 113, G. A. R. 

1869 TO 1914 

Compiled from the Post Records 

t ADAMS, CHARLES CLARK. 

Civil War. 11th United States Infantry. Bugler. In battles of 

Yorktown, 2d Bull Run, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Shepardstown 

Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; 

Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg 

and Weldon Railroad, Va. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1897 ; Chairman Trustees of Post. 
Mustered Out. October 20, 1905. 

t ALLEN, WALTER. 

Civil War. 26th Mass. Infantry. Act. Assistant Paymaster U. S. 

Navy. 
Mustered Out. February 7, 1907. 

* ALLINE, WILLIAM H. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 
Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro, and Siege of Washington, N. C. 

M. V. M. 2d Regiment Infantry. Sergeant. 1st Corps Cadets. 
Corporal ; Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant ; Sergeant-Major ; 1st 
Lieutenant; Adjutant; Captain; Major (retired). 

G. A. R. Post Adjutant ; Trustee of Post. 

* AMIDON, CHARLES K. 

Civil War. 4th Mass. Cavalry. In battles about Petersburg and 
Richmond. 

* AMORY, CHARLES B. 

Civil War. New England Guards. 24th Mass. Infantry. 1st 
Lieutenant ; Captain ; Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General 
U. S. Volunteers ; Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers for distin- 
guished gallantry in front of Petersburg, Va. In battles of 
Roanoke Island, New Berne, Tranter's Creek, Kinston, White- 
hall and Goldsboro, N. C. ; Siege of Fort Sumter and Battery 
Wagner. Charge on Rifle Pits in front of Battery Wagner, S. C. ; 
DrewT>''s Bluff and Charge on Crater front of Petersburg, Va. 
Captured at Crater and confined at Danville, Va., Columbia, S.C., 

* Present members. J Deceased members. 

353 



354 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

and Charlotte, N. C. Escaped and crossed Blue Ridge and Al- 
leghany Mountains to Union lines. 
G. A. R. Chairman Trustees of Post ; Member Council of Ad- 
ministration. 

* AMORY, ROBERT G. 

Civil War. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 2d Lieutenant. In engage- 
ments of his regiment. 

* ANDERSON, REV. EDWARD. 

Civil War. 37th 111. Infantry. Chaplain. 12th Ind. Cavahy. 
Colonel. In battles of Pea Ridge, Mo. ; Cairn's Defences, De- 
catur to Stephensons, Ala. ; Fights with Forest and Dick Taylor, 
Franklin and Nashville, Tenn. Commanded brigade of Cav- 
alry in General Wilson's Corps. Commanded subdistrict of 
Grenada, Miss. 

Ohio National Guard. 10th Ohio N. G. Chaplain ; Brigade Chap- 
lain, Ohio N. G. 

Loyal Legion. Commandery of New York. Chaplain, 1887. 

G. A. R. Commander Joshua M. Wells Post, Columbus, Ohio. 
Department Chaplain of Connecticut. Chaplain-in-Chief. 

§ ANDREWS, PIERCE J. 

Civil War. 30th Mass. Infantry. Corporal ; Sergeant. In battles 
of Plain's Store, Port Hudson and Donaldsonville, La. 

JAPPLETON, GEORGE C. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. 
Mustered Out. May 31, 1906. 

t APPLETON, NATHAN 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Light Battery. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieu- 
tenant. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp ; Staff of General Wain- 
wright ; Commanding Artillery Brigade 5th Army Corps ; 
Brevet Captain LT. S. Volunteers. In battles of Rappahannock 
Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, 
Virginia Central Railroad, Five Forks and Appomattox, Va. 
Twice wounded. 

M. V. M. Staff of Governor Andrew. Captain and Aide-de- 
Camp ; Light Battery A ; Captain. 

G. A. R. Post Commander 1877 and 1878. 

Mustered Out. August 25, 1906. 

* ARMINGTON, ELPHALET I. 

Civil War. 11th Rhode Island Infantry. 

t ATTWOOD, CORNELIUS G. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M, 1861. 2d Lieutenant. 
25th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Major ; Brevet Lieutenant- 
Colonel U. S. Volunteers. In battles of his regiment. 

* Present members. J Deceased members. § Former members. 



ROSTER OF MEMBERS , 355 

M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. Staff Governor Rice. 
Brigadier-General and Inspector-General. 
G. A. R. Commander of Post No. 15; Post Commander, 1871 
and 1872 ; National Council of Administration ; Quartermaster- 
General ; Adjutant-General. 

Mustered Out. January 19, 1888. 

* ATWOOD, THOMAS HOLBROOK. 

Civil War. 4th Iowa Cavali-y. In battles of Little Red River and 
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. 

M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Pay- 
master. 

G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

§ AUSTIN, JAMES R. 

Civil War. 39th Wisconsin Infantry. In engagements of his 

regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

* BALL, BENJAMIN A. 

Civil War. 53d New York Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. 3d Mass. 
Heavy Artillery. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Asst. Inspector- 
General ; Staff of General G. A. DeBussey and of General 
Harding. Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers. In battles of his 
regiment. 

* BARDWELL, HENRY J. 

Civil War. 27th Mass. Infantry. Signal Corps U. S. Army ; 
Sergeant. In battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne and Fort 
Macon, N. C. ; Fredericksburg, Va. ; Siege of Knoxville, Tenn. 

t BARROWS, JAMES S. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 

Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant ; Trustee of Post. 
Mustered Out. July 18, 1904. 

t BARTON, FREDERICK. 

Civil War. 10th Mass. Infantry. Captain. Served on Staffs 
of Generals Lander, Eustis and Edwards. Brevet Major and 
Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Volunteers. In battles of Peninsular, 
Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa.; Cold Harbor to Petersburg, Va. 
Prisoner of War in Andersonville and Libby Prison. 
Mustered Out. December 10, 1908. 

t BELL, JAMES B. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant; Captain. 

In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. July 29, 1894. 

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X BENSON, ANDREW M. 

Civil War. 7th Maine Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; 1st Lieutenant. 
1st District Columbia Cavalry. Captain. 1st Maine Cavalry. 
Captain. Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers. In battles of Lees 
Mills, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechaniesville, Golden's 
Farm, Garnett's Farm, Savage Station, Turkey Bend, White 
Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill and Petersburg, Va. ; South Moun- 
tain and Antietam, Md. ; 1st and 2d Fredericksburg, Chaneellors- 
ville. Mine Run, Petersburg and Appomattox, Va. Captured 
and prisoner in seven prisons and escaped from Columbia, S. C. ; 
travelled nine hundred miles in fifty-six nights to Knoxville, 
Tenn. 

Mustered Out. March 19, 1905. 

* BENT, ORRIN. 

Civil War. 1st Maine Infantry. 17th Maine Infantry. 149th 111. 
Infantry. Hospital Steward. In battles of Chancellorsville 
and Fredericksburg, Va. 

* BENTON, JOSIAH H., JR. 

Civil War. r2th Vermont Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Vermont Militia. Staff of Governor. Colonel. 

§ BILLINGS, JOHN D. 

Civil War. 10th Mass. Light Battery. In battles of Auburn, 
Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spottsylvania 
Court House, North Anna River, Totopotomy Creek, Cold 
Harbor, Petersburg, Jerusalem Plank Road, Deep Bottom, 
1st and 2d Reams Station, Boynton Plank Road or 1st Hatcher's 
Run, Capture of Petersburg, Retreat and Surrender of General 
Lee at Appomattox, Va. 

M. V. M. Staff of Governor Wolcott, 1897, 1898 and 1899. 
Senior Aide-de-Camp ; Colonel. 

G. A. R. Commander Post No. 94, 1870, 1871, 1872. First 
Commander Post No. 186, 1887. Department Commander, 
1884. 

* BILLINGS, LEONARD LORENZO. 

Civil War. 29th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. 35th U. S. Colored 
Troops. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant. In battles of Fair 
Oaks, Seven Days' Fight, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Fredericks- 
burg, Va., and many others. 

X BIXBY, FRANKLIN G. 

Civil War. 18th Conn. Infantry. Sergeant ; 2d Lieutenant ; 
1st Lieutenant ; Captain. In twenty-two battles. Wounded 
at Snicker's Ford. 

M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 357 

G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. July 5, 1911. 

t BLACKMAR, WILMON W. , . o f 

Civil War. 15th Pa. Cavalry. Corporal ; Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant. 
1st West Va. Cavalry. 2d Lieutenant ; Captain. In twenty- 
two actions. Received Congressional Medal of Honor. 
M. V. M. Staffs of Governors for ten years. Brigadier-General 

and Judge-Advoeate-General. j ,o-r 

GAR First Post Commander, 1870; also Commander, 18/. J ; 

* Department Commander, 1902 ; Commander-in-Chief, 1904- 
1905. See Sketch, Chapter IV. 
Mustered Out. July 16, 1905. 

t BOARDMAN, CHARLES H. , . . . • ^ , o„„ 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Paymaster's Clerk; Act. Assistant Pay- 
master ; served on U. S. Steamship Fah- Kee. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. September 18, 1912. 

* BODFISH, REV. J. P. LANGLEY. , ^ , , , ,„,, 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Master's Mate. In bombardment and 

capture of Fort McRae, Pensecola, Fla. 
G. A. R. Department Chaplain. 

t BOUTWELL, NATHAN B. t • . ^ ^ 

Civil War. 13th N. H. Infantry. Sergeant ; 1st Lieutenant and 

Adjutant. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. November 13, 1909. 

§ BOYD, FRANCIS E. ^. r- ^ ^ 'iA 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. 2d Lieutenant 3d 
Mass.CavabT. Captain. 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. Major; 
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. In engagements of his regiments. 

♦BROOKS, GEORGE W. , ,, t * ^ 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Musician. 42d Mass Infantry. 
In battles of Rawles Mills, WhitehaU, Kinston and Goldsboro, 

N. C. 

* BROWNE, A. PARKER. 

Civil War. 2d Corps Cadets. M. V. M. 1862. 1st Sergeant. 
40th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant ; Major. 
In battles of Vienna, Suffolk, Diascond Bridge and Tylerville, 
Va.; Fort Wagner and Seabrook,S.C.; Defence of Washington, 

M. V.' M. 2d Corps Cadets. 1st Lieutenant ; Major ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel. 

§ BROWNE, E. P. «, T- * +. AT.:>inr 

Civil War. 4th Rhode Island Infantry. 2d Lieutenant . Major. 

In engagements of his regiment. 
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§ BROWN, GEORGE T. 

Civil War. 14th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant ; 1st Lieutenant. 

In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 

I BRUERTON, JAMES. 

Civil War. 44th Mass, Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 

Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Little Washington, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. January 22, 1908. 

t BUMPUS, CEPHAS C. 

Civil War. 4th Mass. Infantry. Captain. 3d Mass. Heavy 

Artillery. Captain. In engagements of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. April 17, 1885. 

J BURNHAM, LAMONT G. 

Civil War. 48th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. September 25, 1902. 

t BURNS, WALTER. 

Civil War. 5th Conn. Infantry. Corporal ; Sergeant ; 2d Lieu- 
tenant ; 1st Lieutenant. In battles of Culpeper and Chancel- 
lorsville, Va. Twice made Prisoner of War. 

Mustered Out. July 12, 1911. 

§ BURRILL, JAMES P. 

Civil War. 3d Company U. S. Volunteers. 

I BUSH, FRANCIS, JR. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantr3^ 1st Lieutenant and Quarter- 
master. 
Mustered Out. September 16, 1874. 

* BUTLER, HENRY H. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 
Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. 

* BUTLER, HERBERT J. 

Civil War. 46th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall and Goldsboro, N. C. 

* BUTLER, JOHN GAZZAM. 

Civil War. Graduate of West Point. 4th Artillery. U. S. Army. 
2d Lieutenant. In Campaign of Chattanooga, Battle of Chick- 
amauga, Siege, etc., Tenn. Brevet 1st Lieutenant. U. S. Army, 
September 20, 1863. Transferred to Ordnance Department. 
1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Major ; Lieutenant-Colonel ; Colonel ; 
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army. Retired, January 22, 1904. 

* Present members. ' J Deceased members. § Former members. 



ROSTER OF MEMBERS 359 

§ CALDWELL, GEORGE H., M.D. 

Civil War. 11th Maine Infantry. Quartermaster Sergeant ; Asst. 
Adjutant-General, 1st Division, 2d Corps. In battles of his 
Division. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 

§ CANNING, SAMUEL, JR. 

Civil War. 3.3d ]Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ CARPENTER, GEORGE N. 

Civil War. 8th Vermont Infantry. Sergeant-Major ; Captain. 
In battles of his regiment. 

J CARRUTH, RUSSELL. 

Civil War. 53d Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In engage- 
ments about and at Siege of Port Hudson, La. 
Mustered Out. February 11, 1892. 

* CARTER, JAMES L. 

Civil War. 19th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. 104th U. S. 
Colored Troops. 1st Lieutenant. 

M. V. M. 1st Corps Cadets. Naval Battalion. Lieutenant 
Junior Grade ; Lieutenant-Commander. Staff Governor ; Colo- 
nel and Asst. Inspector-General ; Brigadier-General and 
Inspector-General. 

t CARTWRIGHT, JAMES W. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Corporal ; 2d Lieutenant ; 
1st Lieutenant. 56th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant; Cap- 
tain. In battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, 
Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Petersburg 
Mine, Poplar Springs Church, Hatcher's Run, Capture of Peters- 
burg and Appomattox, Va. Wounded. 

Mustered Out. October 14, 1910. 

§ CHAMBERLAIN, CHARLES W. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of his 
regiment. 

* COLBY, HARRISON GRAY OTIS. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Rear-Admiral (retired), 

§ COLLINGS, RICHARD. 

Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

§ COOK, CHARLES E. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 5th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. 
In battles of his regiments. 

* COOK, CHARLES M. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

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360 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

* COOK, JOHN C. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall 
and Goldsboro, N. C. ; Siege of Charleston and Assault on 
Wagner, S. C. ; Deep Run, Fussel's Mills, Drewry's Bluff, Deep 
Bottom and Siege of Petersburg, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1901. Adjutant ; Chairman Council 
of Administration. 

t COOK, JOHN H. 

Civil War. 10th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. 57th Mass. Infantry. 
1st Lieutenant. 3d Mass. Battalion Rifles. In many battles. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1892. 
Mustered Out. August 19, 1892. 

§ COOK, WILLIAM. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Ensign. 

t CROSBY, STEPHEN M. 

Civil War. U. S. Army. Paymaster. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 

U. S. Volunteers. 
Mustered Out. August 31, 1909. 

* CURTIS, GEORGE E. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. 60th Mass. Infantry. In battles 
of Kinston and other engagements in N. C. 

t DALTON, SAMUEL. 

Civil War. 14th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. 1st Mass. Heavy 
Artillery. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant. In many engage- 
ments. 

M. V. M. 2d Corps Cadets. Captain ; Major ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel ; Staff of Nine Governors ; Colonel and Inspector of 
Ordnance ; Brigadier-General ; Major-General and Adjutant- 
General. . 

Mustered Out. October 18, 1906. 

X DAVIS, CHARLES GRIFFIN. 

Civil War. 1st. Mass. Cavalry. Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant ; 2d 
Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Major. In many 
battles. Wounded at Kelly's Ford, 1863. Captured at battle 
of Aldie, Va. Taken to Libby Prison. After many removals 
finally escaped to Union Lines, November, 1864. 

Mustered Out. December 30, 1912. 

t DAVIS, JAMES T. 

Civil War. 38th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; Sergeant-Major ; 
2d Lieutenant ; Captain ; Brevet Major. In battles of Cane 
River, Mansura Plains, Assault on Port Hudson, La. Wounded 
at Winchester, Va. Taken prisoner. 
Mustered Out. February 8, 1907. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 361 

t DAVIS, NATHANIEL T. 

Civil War. 1st Mass., Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out, February 1884. 

* DEAN, CHARLES A. 

Civil War. 8th Vermont Infantry. In battles of Raceland, 
Garoncro, Battle of the Cotton, Bisland, Siege of Port Hudson, 
Donaldsonville to Bayou La Rouche, La. 

J DEE, JOHN H. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Engineer. 
Mustered Out. July 2, 1904. 

t DENNY, JOSEPH WALDO. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Infantry. M. V. M. 1861. 3d Lieu- 
tenant. 6th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. 25th Mass. 
Infantry. Captain. In twenty-seven engagements and battles. 
Chief Provost-Marshal of Department of N. C. ; also of the 
18th Army Corps ; Chief of Ambulances of the 18th Army 
Corps. Author of history of the 25th Mass. Infantry entitled 
" Wearing of the Blue." 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1874 ; Chaplain. He wrote much 
of the Ritual of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

Mustered Out. December 4, 1912, in his eighty-seventh year, 
being the oldest Comrade of the Post. 

§ DEXTER, A. J. 

Civil War. 11th Rhode Island Infantry. 

t DODD, CHARLES. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Rifles. 5th N. H. Infantry. 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. December 6, 1875. 

* DOLLIVER, JAMES W. 

Civil War. 11th Mass. Light Battery. Sergeant. In battles of 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Bloody Gap, Siege of 
Petersburg and The Crater, Fort Steadman, Fort Hell, Kelley's 
Ford, Weldon Road, and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, Va. 

* DORR, HENRY G. 

Civil War. 14th 111. Cavalry. Sergeant. 8th Tenn. Cavah-y. 
2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. Commissioned 
Major. Not Mustered. 1st Mass. Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant. 
Transferred to 4th Mass. Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant. Served on 
active duty in the field in Kentucky, East and West Tennessee, 
West Virginia, South Carolina and Florida. In twenty-si.x battles 
and skirmishes, including Morgan's Raid, Burnside's East Ten- 
nessee Expedition, Siege of Kno-xville Fort Saunders, and 

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362 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Blountsville, Tenn. Captured near Middleburg, Fla., and ex- 
changed at Wilmington, N. C. 

§ DOW, STERLING. 

Civil War. 6th Maine Light Battery. Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

§ DRISKO, EVERARD L 

Civil War. 2d Mass. Cavalry. In battles of his regiment. 

t BUTTON, SAMUEL L., M.D. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. 1st Lieutenant and 

Assistant-Surgeon. 40th Mass. Infantry. Major and Surgeon ; 

Brigade-Surgeon. In battles of Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, 

Petersburg, 2d Fair Oaks, The. Crater, Williamsburg Road, 

Bermuda Hundred, Chester Station, Va., etc. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. May 27, 1910. 

§ EATON, GEORGE A. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Mass. Rifles. 

* EDDY, D. FRANK. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. In battles of 
Galveston, Tex. Prisoner of War for nineteen months. 

* EDDY, LEWIS. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. IMusician. In battles of Gal- 
veston, Tex. Prisoner of War. 

t ELLIS, S. CLARENCE. 

Civil War. 4.5th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 2d Mass. 

Heavy Artillery. Captain. In battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. January 22, 1912. 

§ EMERSON, WILLIAM. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 3.5th U. S. Colored Troops. 

Captain. In battles of his regiments. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member of Post. 

* EMERY, MANNING. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of Rawles 
Mills, Kinston and Siege of Washington, N. C. 

t EVANS, THOMAS C. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regi- 
ment. Wounded at Kinston, N. C. 
Mustered Out. June 20, 1905. 

t EVERETT, EDWARD F. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 2d 

Lieutenant. In engagements of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. September 26, 1899. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 363 

t FALES, GEORGE A. 

Civil War. 46th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. May 3, 1906. 

§ FARLEY, JAMES A. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 

t FAUTEAUX, LOUIS G. A. 

Civil War. 2d Mass. Cavalry. Act. Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

In battles of General Sheridan's Campaigns of 1864 and 1865. 
Mustered Out. June 1, 1899. 

t FERNALD, HENRY W. 

Civil War. 2.5th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
G. A, R. Post Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. March 13, 1913. 

* FERRIS, ALEXANDER M. 

Civil War. 30th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Provost-Marshal 
Staff Major-General William H. Emery. In battles of Baton 
Rouge, Clinton, Plains Store, 1st and 2d Assault and Siege of 
Port Hudson, La. Present at capture of Forts Jackson and 
Saint Philip, and the occupation of New Orleans, La. Also the 
preliminary arrangements .for the investment of Vicksburg, 
Miss. 

111. State Guard. 1st Regiment Infantry. Captain. 

M. V. M. 7th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Major ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Captain. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1913. 

t FESSENDEN, WILLIAM H. 

Civil War. 1st N. H. Cavalry. Corporal; Chief Bugler; Quarter- 
master-Sergeant. In battles of Saint John Island and Poco- 
taligo, Fla. 
Mustered Out. August 18, 1896. 

§ FIELD, BENJAMIN F. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. Transferred 
to Signal Corps. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro 
and Little Washington, N. C. 
M. V. M. Staff 1st Brigade. Captain and Aide-de-Camp. 

§ FISKE, JEROME H. 

Civil War. 46th Mass. Infantrj-. Sergeant. In engagements of 
his regiment. 

§ FISHER, CALVIN G. 

Civil War. 3d Reserve Corps. Mo. Infantry. 1st Regiment. 
JMiss. Marine Brigade. Captain. In engagements of his 
regiments. 

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364 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

X FISHER, EDWIN S. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. December 1, 1888. 

i FISHER, HENRY S. 

Civil War. 12th Mass. Light Battery. Enlisted at sixteen. Was 

the son of a Veteran. 
G. A. R. Commander of Post No. 200. 
Mustered Out. July 27, 1912. 

§ FOLSOM, C. W. 

Civil War. 20th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Quarter- 
master ; Staff Captain. In battles of his regiment. 

t FOXCROFT, GEORGE A. 

Civil War. 8th Mass. Infantry. 24th Mass. Infantry. In many 

engagements. 
Mustered Out. May 25, 1907. 

§ FRYE, CHARLES H. 

Civil War. 21st Mass. Infantry. 4th Mass. Cavalry. Captain. 
In engagements of his regiments. 

* FULLER, CHARLES MASON. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Ensign. Served under Admiral Far- 
ragut. 

* FULLER, GEORGE W. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Master's Mate. South Atlantic Block- 
ading Squadron. 

t GALUCIA, WARREN B. 

Civil War. 18th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant. 56th 
Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 
In battles of Yorktown, Gaines Mills, Hanover Court House, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, 
Tolopotomy, Petersburg and Hatcher's Run, Va. Twice 
wounded and prisoner in Libby and Belle Isle. 

Mustered Out. November 26, 1902. 

§ GARDINER, R. S. 

Civil War. 10th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ GARFIELD, W. H. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Mate ; Act. Volunteer-Lieutenant. 

J GASKIN, EDWARD F. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Landsman ; Paymaster's Steward. 

Served in East Gulf Squadron. 
Mustered Out. July 11, 1911. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 365 

t GELRAY, JOSEPH W. • . o^ t 

Civil War. 2d Mass. Infantry. Corporal ; Sergeant ; 2d Lieu- 
tenant • 1st Lieutenant. 57th Mass. Infantry. Captain. 
4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. Major. 59th Mass. Infantry. 
Commissioned Colonel. Not Mustered. 45th U. S. Infantry. 
Captain. Brevet Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. 
Army. In battles of Cedar Mountain, Md. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; 
and many others. Retired for loss of right arm and wounds. 
Mustered Out. March 10, 1900. 

* GERRISH, JAMES R. , , ^ t,, , 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of Black- 
burn's Ford, 1st Bull Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, 
Seven Pines, Glendale and Malvern Hill, Va. 

* GOLDSMITH, SANFORD K. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. 59th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieu- 
tenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; Brevet Captain ; Captain. In battles of 
2d Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Va. ; Chancellorsville, Va. ; Gettys- 
burg Pa. ; Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Explo- 
sion of the Mine, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Fort Steadman 
and Petersburg, Va. Wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. 

§ GOLDTHWAIT, JAMES A. , ^ , 

Civil War. 23d Tvlass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Quarter- 
master. U. S. Army. Brevet Major. 

* GOOD ALE, GREENLEAF A. ^^ u tt c 

Civil War. 6th Maine Infantry. Corporal; Sergeant. 77th U. b. 
Colored Troops. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain, 1864. Brevet 
Captain U. S. Army, 1867. Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers, 
1865 23d U. S. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant, 1866 ; Captain, 
1878- Major, 1898. 3d U. S. Infantry. Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel 1899 17th U. S. Infantry. Colonel, 1901. Brigadier 
General U S. Army (retired, 1903). In battles of Peninsular 
Campaign, 1862, Lees Mills, Siege of Yorktown, WiUiamsburg, 
Golden' s Farm, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, 2d Fred- 
ericksburg, Charge of Mary's Heights, May 3, 1863, Culpeper 
Court House, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa. From November, 1863 
to November, 1866, served in Department of Gulf; in 1877 
Indian Wars; in 1899 in Philippines; at Capture of Pumping 
Station, Marcquina River ; in fight at Toude Bridge and battle 
of Calocan ; commanded first U. S. Troops on Island of Cebu ; 
also Island of Jolo. 
G. A. R. Trustee of Post. 

* GOODRICH, IRA B. , . . o , oa 

Civil War. 21st Mass. Infantry. Corporal; 1st Sergeant; Zd 

Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant. In battles of Roanoke Island, 

New Berne and Camden, N. C. ; 2d Bull Run, and Chantilly, 

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366 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Va. ; Blue Springs, Campbell's Station and Siege of Knoxville, 
Tenn. ; Wilderness, North Anna River, Bethesda Church, Siege 
of Petersburg, including the battle of the Mine, Va. Paroled 
prisoner nearly four months. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1898 and 1899 ; Adjutant ; Trustee 
Rehef Fund. District Commander 8th District, 1867. Com- 
mander Reno Post No. 9., Hudson, Mass., 1867-1868. 

§ GOULD, JAMES O. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

t GRAVES, FRANK W., M.D. 

Civil War. 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry. Sergeant. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. March 13, 1900. 

* GRAVES, GEORGE H. 

Civil War. 8th Vermont Infantry. Signal Corps U. S. Army. 

Sergeant. Service in Department of the Gulf, including Siege of 

Port Hudson, La. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1904. Trustee Relief Fund. 

X GRIGGS, E. W. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. March 3, 1903. 

t GUILD, WILLIAM H. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Cavalry. In all battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. June 13, 1908. 

* GUYER, GEORGE H. 

Civil War. 12th U. S. Infantry. Enlisted at age of fourteen years. 
In battles of 2d Bull Run, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Fredericks- 
burg, Chancellorsville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; Wilderness. 
Spottsylvania Court House. Laurel Hill, Cold Harbor, Peters- 
burg and Weldon Railroad, Va. Wounded at Antietam, 
Wilderness, and Petersburg. 

t GWINN, THOMAS H. 

Civil War. oth Mass. Light Battery. Sergeant. In engagements 

of his battery. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member of Post. 
Mustered Out. December 6, 1869. 

§ HALDEMAN, CYRUS S. 

Civil War. Captain and Asst. Adjutant-General ; Major and Asst. 
Adjutant-General. 

§ HALDEMAN, HORACE L. 

Civil War. 20th Pa. Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant. In engagements 

of his regiment. 
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ROSTER OF MEIVIBERS 367 

* HALL, GEORGE F. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 2d 
battle of New Berne, Siege of Little Washington, N. C. 

M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Inspector 
of Rifle Practice ; Staff of Governor ; Colonel and Inspector 
Rifle Practice ; Brigadier-General and Inspector of Rifle 
Practice. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1891; Department Judge-Advocate; 
Member Council of Administration. 

J HALLADAY, CHARLES S. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Assistant Paymaster. 
Mustered Out. June 13, 1907. 

* HALLETT, DANIEL B. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Master's Mate ; Act. Ensign. In 
South Atlantic Squadron. 

* HANSON, CHARLES P. 

Civil War. 13th N. H. Infantry. Corporal ; Sergeant. In battles 
of Fredericksburg, Siege of Suffolk, Raid on Richmond, Mag- 
nolia Springs, DrewTy's Bluff and Fair Oaks, Va. 

t HARRINGTON, FREDERICK A. 

Civil War. 4th Mass. Infantry. Lieutenant. In battles of his 

regiment. 
Mustered Out. August 3, 1907. 

t HARRINGTON, SAMUEL. 

Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant; Captain; 
Aide-de-Camp ; Commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel. Not 
Mustered. In battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne, Kinston, 
Whitehall, Goldsboro, Port Walthall. Arrowsfield Church, N. C. ; 
Dre\\Ty's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Wise's Fork and others, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1894. 

Mustered Out. October 5, 189.5. 

t HARRIS, JAMES G. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Yeoman ; Captain's Clerk. In battle 

of Skull Creek, S. C. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1890; Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. May 20, 1899. 

§ HASKELL, JAMES A. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ HASSELTINE, FRANCIS S. 

Civil War. 3d Maine Infantry. Captain. 13th Maine Infantry. 
Major ; Lieutenant-Colonel. In battles of his regiment. 

* Present members. X Deceased members. § Former members. 



368 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

* HATHAWAY, GEORGE H. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. With Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment at Siege of Petersburg, Va. 

J HAWKINS, GARDNER C. 

Civil War. 3d Vermont Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant. 
In battles of Petersburg and others in Va. Wounded. Re- 
ceived Congressional Medal of Honor. 

M. V. M. Staff of Governor ; Colonel. 

Mustered Out. December 16, 1913. 

§ HAYNES, JOHN P. 

Civil War. 51st Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In engagements of 
his regiment. 

§ HEATH, BENJAMIN, JR. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Mate. 

§ HEBBARD, E. W. 

Civil War. 3d N. H. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

§ HEMMENWAY, B. E. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Boy and Landsman. 

§ HENCK, E. W. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Captain's Clerk ; Mate. 

t HENRY, GEORGE E. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; 
Captain. 14th Veteran Reserve Corps. 1st Lieutenant and 
Adjutant. Brevet Captain and Major U. S. Volunteers. 
Provisional Brigade Garrison ; Aide-de-Camp ; Asst. Adjutant- 
General. In battles of Blackburn's Ford, 1st and 2d Bull Run, 
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Glendale, 
Malvern Hill, Bristow Station, and Chancellorsville, Va. ; 
Gettysburg, Pa. ; Wilderness and Spottsylvania, Va. Thrice 
wounded. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1903. 

Mustered Out. December 31, 1907. 

§ HENRY, SAMUEL C. 

Civil War. 14th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In battles of 
his regiment. 

* HERSEY, ALBERT WATSON. 

Civil War. .51st Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall 
and Goldsboro, N. C. 

M. V. M. Militia Company District No. 186. Captain. 1st 
Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Paymaster and Muster- 
ing Officer ; Captain Company D. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1879 and 1880; Ciiairman Trustees 
Relief Fund. 

* Present members. J Deceased members. § Former members. 



ROSTER OF MEMBERS 369 

§ HERVEY, SAMUEL B. 

Civil War. 14th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In battles of 
his regiment. 

§ HILL, V. H. 

Civil War. 3d N. H. Infantry. Captain and Aide-de-Camp. In 

liattles of his regiment. 

I HILTON, JAMES M. 

Civil War. 11th Mass. Light Battery. In battles of his battery. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. September 12, 1908. 

t HISCOCK, LOWELL B. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. 3oth U. S. Colored Troops. 

Captain. In battles of his regiments. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. March 5, 1893. 

t HODGDON, CALEB W. 

Civil War. 14th N. H. Infantry. Captain. In battles of his 

regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. July 4, 1903. 

§ HOLLIS, GEORGE W. 

Civil War. 8th Mass. Light Battery. In battles of his battery. 

t HOLLIS, J. EDWARD. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Captain's Clerk. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1871 and 1876. Chairman Trustees 

Relief Fund. 
Mustered Out. January 20, 1899. 

* HOLTON, EUGENE A. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. Drummer. 

* HOOPER, ARTHUR. 

Civil War. 3d Mass. Infantry. Commissary-Sergeant. 58th 
Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall 
and Goldsboro, N. C. ; Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Har- 
bor and Petersburg, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Quartermaster; Member Council of Administra- 
tion. 

* HOPKINS, CHARLES A. 

Civil War. 8th N. Y. Infantry. 13th N. J. Infantry. 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant ; Captain. Brevet Major U. S. Volun- 
teers. In battles of Bull Run, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Chancel- 
lorsville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa., Sherman's March to the Sea 
and Savannah to Washington. 

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370 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

§ HORTON, ALBERT. 

Civil War. 11th U. S. Infantry. Drummer; 1st Class Musician. 

* HORTON, REV. EDWARD A. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Landsman; Hospital Steward. In 
battles of Attacks on Forts Sumter and Wagner, S. C. ; Destruc- 
tion of Privateer Nashville, with South Atlantic Squadron. 

M. V. M. 1st Battalion Cavalry. Chaplain. 1st Regiment 
Heavy Artillery. Chaplain. Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
Company. Chaplain. 

G. A. R. Post Chaplain ; Department Chaplain. 

§ HOUGHTON, BRYAN R. 

Civil War. Berdan's Sharp-shooters. 13th Veteran Reserve Corps. 
Corporal ; 1st Sergeant ; Commissary-Sergeant. 

t HOVEY, SOLOMON, JR. 

Civil War. 21st Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain; Com- 
missioned Major and Lieutenant-Colonel. Not Mustered. 
U. S. Veteran Volunteers. Captain. In many battles. 

Mustered Out. October 21, 1884. 

§ HOWARD, CHARLES R. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Assistant Paymaster. 

* HOWARD, DAVIS W. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. Headquarters Clerk for Military 
Governor of Alexandria, Va. 

* HOWE, BENJAMIN S. 

Civil War. 22d Mass. Infantry. At Siege of Yorktown, Va. 

t HOWLAND, CHARLES C. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; 
Captain. 38th Mass. Infantry. Captain. In battles of 
Rapidan, Thoroughfare Gap, Bull Run, Chantilly, Winchester, 
Fisher Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. ; Mansura, Cane River, 
Bisland and Port Hudson, La. 

Mustered Out. February 24, 1896. 

§ HURD, THOMAS C. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. In engage- 
ments of his regiment. 

t HUTCHINGS, WILLIAM V. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Quarter- 
master. Acting Quartermaster U. S. Volunteers ; Captain. 
Acting Chief Quartermaster and Chief Quartermaster 10th 
Army Corps ; Captain. Chief Quartermaster 2.5th Army 
Corps ; Lieutenant-Colonel. 

* Present members. t Deceased members. § Former members. 



ROSTER OF MEMBERS 371 

M. V. M. 4th Battalion Infantry. Quartermaster. Staff Gov- 
ernor Rice. Colonel and Aide-de-Camp. 
Mustered Out. July 26, 1888. 

§ HYDE, GEORGE W. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Acting Master. 

J INGALLS, JOSEPH A. 

Civil War. 8th Mass. Infantry. Quartermaster-Sergeant ; 1st 

Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 
M. V. M. Staff 2d Brigade. Major and Asst. Inspector. 
Mustered Out. January 15, 1900. 

t IRELAND, WILLIAM CARLETON. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Adjutant's Clerk. In battle of 

Rawles Mills, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1895. 
Mustered Out. June 29, 1895. 

* IRVIN, GEORGE C. 

Civil War. 29th Maine Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

* JACKSON, WILLIAM H. 

Civil War. 2d Battalion Rifles. M.V. M. 1861. 1st Lieutenant. 
13th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 2d Mass. 
Cavalry. Major. In battles of Harper's Ferry (near), Bolivar 
Heights, Dam No. 5, Winchester, Newton, Sugar Mountain, 
Rappahannock-Station, Thoroughfare Gap, 2d Bull Run, Cat- 
lett's Station and Chantilly, Va. 

M. V. M. 1st Regiment Infantry. 

* JACOBS, AUGUSTUS. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 5th Mass. Infantry. 1st 
Sergeant. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and 
Siege of Washington, N. C. 

§ JANETTE, G. F. 

Civil War. 1st Maine Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant. In engagements 
of his regiment. 

t JONES, EDWARD J. 

Civil War. 11th Mass. Light Battery. Captain. Brevet Major 

U. S. Volunteers. In battles of Gettysburg and others. 
M. V. M. Staff 2d Brigade. Captain and Judge Advocate. 
Mustered Out. April 15, 1906. 

* JORDAN, AUGUSTUS C. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. 43d Mass. Infantry. Commis- 
sary-Sergeant. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and 
Blount's Creek, N. C. 

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372 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

* JULIAN, GEORGE N. 

Civil War. 2d Mass. Light Battery. 13th N. H. Infantry. Cap- 
tain. In battles of Vicksburg, Miss. ; Fredericksburg, Siege of 
Suffolk, Kingsland, Walthall Road, Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, 
Cold Harbor, and Battery Five, Petersburg, Va. 

* KENDRICKEN, PAUL HENRY. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. 3d Assistant Engineer, June 20, 1862; 
2d Assistant Engineer, September 6, 1863. Resigned, September 
3, 1866. Participated in bombardment of Fort Sumter, Morris 
Island, Forts Wagner, McAllister, S. C, etc. With Admiral 
Farragut in the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1900; Member Council of Admin- 
istration. 

§ KIMBALL, BENJAMIN F. 

Civil War. 47th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 

t KINSLEY, ALFRED H. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant ; 1st Lieutenant. 
2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. In battles of Kinston, Whitehall, 
Goldsboro and Dover Cross Roads, N. C. 
Mustered Out. September 5, 1912. 

t KINSLEY, EDWARD W. 

Civil War. Confidential Agent of Governor Andrew for Massa- 
chusetts ; the Post " Godfather." 
Mustered Out. December 26, 1891. 

t KNIGHT, ALFRED J. 

Civil War. 1st 111. Light Battery. In battles of his battery. 
G. A. R. Member Council of Administration. 
Mustered Out. September 15, 1910. 

§ KNIGHT, L. W. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant and Acting 

Quartermaster. 

§ KNOWLES, HENRY F. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

X KOPPMAN, DOMINICUS. 

Civil War. 32d Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. January 4, 1900. 

t LAKEMAN, MOSES B. 

Civil War. 3d Maine Infantry. Captain; Colonel. In battles 

of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. March 15, 1907. 

* LANDY, LUKE R. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Corporal ; Post Commissary- 
Sergeant. In battles of 1st and 2d Bull Run, Siege of York- 

* Present members. | Deceased members. § Former members. 



ROSTER OF MEMBERS 373 

town, Williamsburg (wounded), Fair Oaks, Savage Station, 
Gaines Mills, Glendale, 1st and 2d Malvern Hill, Bristow Station, 
Chantilly, Fredericksburg (wounded), Chancellorsville, Va. ; 
Gettysburg, Pa. (wounded), and Wapping Heights, Va. 

M. V. M. Superintendent State Arsenal ; Captain. 

G. A. R. Post Adjutant ; Chaplain. 

§ LAURIAT, LOUIS A. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member of Post. 

J LAWRENCE, THEODORE J. 

Civil War. 44th Maine Infantry. Corporal. In engagements of 

his regiment. 
Mustered Out. September 18, 1896. 

* LEATHERBEE, JAMES D. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. In battles of Blackburn's Ford, 
Bull Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg (wounded). Fair Oaks, 
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; 
Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wilderness and Spottsylvania, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1912. 

t LEE, HORACE C. 

Civil War. 27th Mass. Infantry. Colonel. Brevet Brigadier- 
General U. S. Volunteers. In many battles. 
Mustered Out. June 22, 1884. 

* LELAND, DANIEL T. S. 

Civil War. r2th Mass. Unattached Company Infantry. Sergeant. 
M. V. M. .5th Regiment Infantry. Captain. 

* LEWIS, JOHN B., JR. 

Civil War. 44tli Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 
Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Siege of Washington, N. C. 

G. A. R. Post Patriotic Instructor ; National Patriotic In- 
structor. 

t LONGLEY, EDWIN P. 

Civil War. 4.5th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall, Goldsboro and Dover Cross Roads, N. C. 
Mustered Out. August 2, 1909. 

t LOVEJOY, WILLIAM S. 

Civil War. 41st Ohio Infantry. Musician. 
Mustered Out. August 13, 1896. 

t MAGNITZKY, GUSTAVE. 

Civil War. 20th Mass. Infantry. 1861. Sergeant. 1st Sergeant. 
Transferred to 21st Veteran Reserve Corps. 1863. 1st Lieu- 
tenant. 20th Mass. Infantry. 1864. 1st Lieutenant; Cap- 
tain. Brevet 1st Lieutenant and Captain U. S. Army. 1867. 

* Pre sent members. I Deceased members. § Former members. 



374 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

39th U. S. Infantry. 1867. 2d Lieutenant. Assigned to 14th 
U. S. Infantry. 1870. Retired (for wounds in line of duty). 
1871. Retired as 1st Lieutenant. 1904. In battles of York- 
town, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Va. ; Antietam, 
Md. ; Fredericksburg, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; Wilderness, 
Balls Bluff and Appomattox, Va. Twice wounded. 
Mustered Out. September 19, 1910. 

* MARION, HORACE E., M.D. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. 2d Sergeant. In battles of Kin- 
ston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Little Washington, N. C. 

M. V. M. 5th Regiment Infantry. 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Assistant-Surgeon. 4th Battalion Infantry. Major 
and Surgeon. Staff 1st Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel and 
Medical Director. 

G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
t MARTIN, JAMES A. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his regiment. 

Mustered Out. March 12, 1887. 

* MATHEWS, THOMAS R. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. In battles of Blackburn's Ford, 
1st Bull Run, Siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, 
Peninsular Campaign, Savage Station and Glendale (wounded 
and left for dead on field). Taken prisoner and confined in 
Libby Prison, Va. Exchanged. 

M. V. M. 1st Battalion Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 1st Regi- 
ment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Major ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel ; Colonel. 1st Brigade. Brigadier-General ; Major- 
General (retired). See sketch Chapter XVII. 

G. A, R. Post Commander, 1881 and 1882. Adjutant. 

* MAXHAM, LOWELL M. 

Civil War. 7th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of York- 
town, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Chickahominy, Seven Days' 
battle at Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg and Salem Church, Va. 
(Acting Color Sergeant in the two latter battles) , Antietam, Md. 
Discharged for wounds, August 18, 1863. Awarded a Congres- 
sional Medal of Honor for Distinguished Gallantry in Action. 
§ MAY, WILLIAM. 

Civil War. 18th Conn. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 

* MAYNARD, FREDERICK D. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Cavalry. Corporal. 4th Mass. Cavalry. 
Corporal. In engagements of his regiments. 

* MCCAUSLAND, FREDERICK S. 

Civil War. Enlisted as a drummer boy in the 18th Mass. Infantry, 
but was not allowed to go on account of his youth. Later 
served in the 10th Rhode Island Infantry. 
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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 375 

* MCFARLAND, EDWIN C. 

Civil War. 4th U. S. Infantry, 1857-1860. 1st Mass. Infantry. 
Corporal ; 1st Sergeant ; Sergeant-Major. 79th U. S. Colored 
Troops. 1st Lieutenant; Captain. 41st U. S. Colored Troops. 
Captain. In battles of Blackburn's Ford, 1st and 2d Bull Run, 
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Chantilly, Mal- 
vern Hill, Fredericksburg and Appomattox, Va. Shot through 
right groin at Fort Harrison, Va. At Siege of Port Hudson, La., 
was blown up at the Mine Explosion. 

t MCMURTRIE, HORACE. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy Engineer Corps. 3d Assistant Engineer ; 

2d Assistant Engineer ; 1st Assistant Engineer ; Master. 
Mustered Out. December 1, 1881. 

§ MCNELLIS, THOMAS. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Engineer. 

t MERRILL, CHARLES L. 

Civil War. 19th Mass. Infantry. Veteran Reserve Corps. 2d 

Lieutenant. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. November 13, 1882. 

§ MESERVE, ISAAC H. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

§ MESERVE, JOHN L. 

Civil War. 1st Maine Cavalry. 3d Maine Cavalry. Brevet 
Major. In battles of his regiments. 

* MESSINGER, ELMAR A. 

Civil War. 44th Alass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall, Goldsboro and Little Washington, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 

§ MILLAR, LESLIE. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

t MILLAR, WILLIAM K. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. August 21, 1892. 

t MITCHELL, GEORGE E. 

Civil War. .5th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall and Goldsboro, N. C. 
Mustered Out. September 11, 1911. 

t MOODY, L WELLINGTON. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 
Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Siege of Washington, N. C. 
Mustered Out. May 24, 1897. 

* Present members. X Deceased members. § Former members. 



376 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

§ MOORE, WILLIAM. 

Civil War. 62d New York Infantry. Captain. In battles of his 
regiment. 

t MOSS, FRANK P. 

Civil War. 49th New York Infantry. In battles of 2d Bull Run, 
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Gettys- 
burg, Pa. Captured by Mosby ; confined at Belle Island, Va. 
from October, 1863, to March, 1864, and then at Andersonville, 
Ga., till paroled November 20, 1864. 

Mustered Out. November 8, 1908. 

t MOULTON, ORSON. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Rifles. 3d Lieutenant. 25th Mass. 

Infantry. Captain ; Lieutenant-Colonel. In battles of his 

regiment. 
G. A. R. United with Post No. 113 at first meeting, December 2. 

1869. 
Mustered Out. August 31, 1894. 

t MUDGE, CHARLES E. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member of Post. 
Mustered Out. July 13, 1892. 

t MUNROE, MARTIN A. 

Civil War. 30th Mass. Infantry. Corporal; Sergeant. 7th 
Mass. Unattached Company Infantry. Sergeant. 4th Mass. 
Heavy Artillery. Sergeant ; 2d Lieutenant. In battles of 
Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Baton Rouge, La. ; Siege of 
Vicksburg, Miss. Enlisted at 16 years of age. 

Mustered Out. May 5, 1913. 

* MURDOCK, WILLIAM E. 

Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Roanoke Island, 
New Berne, Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. ; Siege 
of Petersburg, Va. 

§ MURPHY, GEORGE. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ MUTH, GEORGE E. 

Civil War. 41st New York Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

t NEAL, WILLIAM H. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of his 

regiment. 
Mustered Out. December 20, 1907. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 377 

X NEALE, OTIS S. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Light Battery. Corporal ; Gunner. In 
battles of West Point, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mills, Charles 
City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Cramp- 
ton Pass, Fredericksburg; Salem Church, Mine Run, Va. ; 
Gettysburg, Pa. ; Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Fisher 
Hill and Weldon Railroad, Va. 
Mustered Out. December 13, 1898. 

§ NEWMAN, JAMES W. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Unattached Company Infantry. 

* NIEBUHR, CALEB E. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Unattached Company Heavy Artillery. 

Senior 1st Lieutenant. 1st Battalion Mass. Heavy Artillery. 

Captain. 
M. V. M. 7th Regiment Infantry. Captain. 

§ NILES, PETER H. 

Civil War. 23d Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. U. S. Signal 
Corps. 1st Lieutenant. 

* NORTH, JAMES N. 

Civil War. 1st :Mass. Infantry. 36th U. S. Colored Troops. 2d 
Lieutenant. 1st U. S. Colored Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant and 
Adjutant. 24th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Quarter- 
master. Provost Marshal Bermuda Hundred ; Commissioner 
for Exchange of Prisoners at Aiken's Landing. In battles of 
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Yorktown, Richmond 
and Petersburg, Va. 

G. A. R. Member Council of Administration. 

t NOYES, BENJAMIN. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battle of Galves- 
ton, Tex. Taken prisoner. 
Mustered Out. October 17, 1904. 

i NOYES, DR. NICHOLAS N. 

Civil War. 48th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant ; 1st 

Lieutenant. In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. March 24, 1888. 

§ OAKES, B. FRANK. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. 36th U. S. Colored Troops. 
Captain. 4th Mass. Cavaky. In battles of his regiments. 

* OBRION, THOMAS L. 

Civil War. U. S. Na\T- Landsman ; Captain's Clerk. Patrol 
work off South Carolina and Georgia. Pursuit of privateers in 
eastern waters. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

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378 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

t O'BRIEN, ROBERT E. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In engagements of 

his regiment. 
Mustered Out. June 25, 1894. 

§ ONION, EDWARD M. 

Civil War. 18th Mass. Infantry. Captain. In battles of his 
regiment. 

* ORCUTT, FRANK E. 

Civil War. 38th Mass. Infantry. 1st U. S. Engineers Corps 
d'Afrique, afterwards 9,5th U. S. Colored Troops. 2d Lieu- 
tenant. In 1st and 2d Port Hudson Campaigns, La. ; Red 
River and Texas Campaigns. Chief Clerk with Ordnance 
Officer, Department of the Gulf from November 30, 1864, to 
May 1, 1865. 

§ ORD, JAMES. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Cavalry. In engagements of his regiment. 

t OSBORNE, WILLIAM M. 

Civil War. 23d Ohio Infantry. . In battle of Carmfax Ferry, 

West Va. 
Mustered Out. April 29, 1902. 

t PAGE, JOHN WARE. U. S. Navy. Act. Master's Mate. With 
Farragut. 
Mustered Out. December 17, 1910. 

§ PAGE, WILLIAM C. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

t PAINE, GEORGE F. D. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Cedar Mountain, 

Md., 2d BuU Run, Va. Seriously wounded at Bull Run. 
Mustered Out. October 20, 1913. 

t PALFREY, FRANCIS W. 

Civil War. 20th Mass. Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel ; Colonel. 
Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers. In battles of his 
regiment. 
Mustered Out. December 6, 1889. 

* PARK, WILLIAM. 

Civil War. 9th Mass. Light Battery. 1st Sergeant ; 2d Lieu- 
tenant. In battles of Gettysburg, Pa. ; Mine Run, Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Tolopotomj-, 
Petersburg, Weldou Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Rowanty Creek 
and Appomattox, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1911. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 379 

PARKER, BOWDOIN S. . ^ . •„ /t ■ v. 

Civil War. 52d Mass. Infantry. In battles of CenterviUe (Irish 
Bend), Clinton, Jackson, Assault and Siege of Port Hudson. 
La. Wounded in 2d Assault. , « ■, ■ 4. 

M V M 2d Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant ; 
' Captain. Staff 1st Brigade. Captain and Judge Advocate ; 
Acting Judge Advocate-General; Lieutenant-Colonel and 
Assistant Adjutant-General; Chief of Staff ; Colonel (retired). 
GAR Post Commander, 1908 ; Adjutant ; Chairman Trus- 
tees of Post ; Member Council of Administration ; Post His- 
torian ; Department Judge Advocate. 

^ PARKER, FRANCIS W. . , , p u- 

Civil War. 4th N. H. Infantry. Colonel. In battles of his 

regiment . 

* PEASE, ALBION P. „ ^^. ^ ^..^ , „ 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston Whitehall, 
Goldsboro, Deep Gully, Blounfs Creek, Batchelder s Creek 
and Washington, N. C. ; Grierson's Raid, Memphis and 2d 
Hollv Springs, Tenn. 1 ^ t ■ 

M. V. M. 5th Regiment Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieu- 



Mo. National Guard. 7th Mo. Infantry. Major. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1910. Asst. Adjutant-General, Dept. 
Mo., 1882-1885. 

t PERKINS, DR. GEORGE T. , . . c 

Civil War. 22d Mass. Infantry. Hospital Steward ; Asst. bur- 

geon. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. December 7, 1880. 

^ ""cfvU w!;. "39tt Mass. Infantry. U. S. Colored Troops. Major ; 
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. In battles of his regiments. 

'''S'wa':?Ot?Mas'-..fa„try. Corpora.. In battles of his 

regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 
Mustered Out. September 6, 1887. 

*'av^l'lar'Th'Mass''lnfantry. Vol. Militia. 1861. 10th Mass. 
S Battery. Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant, 18f -18(34, In battles 
of Auburn and Kelly's Ford, Md. ; f ^^ ,^""' ^^^^^Tf "J," 
River, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna River, Tolopot- 
omy Creek, Cold Harbor and Peter.sburg. Va. 20th Unattached 
Company Mass. Heavy Artillery, subsequently Company D, 
* Present members. t Deceased members. § Former members. 



380 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

4tli Mass. Heavy Artillery. 1st Lieutenant; Acting Regi- 
mental Adjutant, 1864-1865. 

t POND, ALBERT C. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant ; Lieutenant. In 

battles of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. March 29, 1896. 

t POPE, ALBERT A. 

Civil War. 35th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; 
Captain. Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers. Brevet Lieutenant- 
Colonel U. S. Volunteers. In battles of South Mountain and 
Antietam, Md. ; Poplar Springs Church, Fredericksburg, 
Petersburg, Sulphur Springs, Va. ; Jackson and Vicksburg, 
Miss.; Knoxville, Tenn. Wounded at Knoxville. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1902. 

Mustered Out. August 10, 1909. 

* PORTER, JAMES M. 

Civil War. 56th 111. Infantry. 57th 111. Infantry. Musician. In 
battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing and Shiloh, Tenn. 

§ PRICHARD, HENRY M. 

Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. Musician. 

§ PUTNAM, HENRY D. 

Civil War. 51st Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

t PUTNAM, JOHN C. 

Civil War. 20th Mass. Infantry. Captain. 1st Veteran Reserve 

Corps. Captain. In battles of his regiment. Wounded, loss 

of right arm. 
Mustered Out. June 24, 1879. 

t PUTNAM, NATHANIEL M. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 

regiment. 
Mustered Out. September 5, 1891. 

§ RAND, FRED H. 

Civil War. 4th Mass. Cavalry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 26th N. Y. 
Cavalry. 2d Lieutenant ; Captain. In battles of his regiments. 

* REED, CHARLES WELLINGTON. 

Civil War. 9th Mass. Light Battery. Trumpeter. In all battles of 
the Army of the Potomac in which his battery was engaged and 
many others while Acting Asst. Topographical Engineer on Staff 
of General Warren. Awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor 
for conspicuous gallantry at Gettysburg, Pa. 

M. V. M. Light Artillery, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant. 1st Bat- 
talion Cavalry, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 381 

J REED, JOHN B. 

Civil War. 25th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. 1st N. C. Infantry. 

Captain. In battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. September 29, 1902. 

* REED, WILLIAM GARRISON. 

Civil War. 44th ]Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 

Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

J RICE, EDMUND. 

Civil War. 19th Mass. Infantry. Captain, 1861 ; Major, 1862 ; 
Lieutenant-Colonel, 1864 ; Commissioned Colonel. Not Mus- 
tered. In battles of Spottsylvania, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; 
and many others. 40th U. S. Infantrj\ 1st Lieutenant, 1866. 
Assigned to 5th U. S. Infantry, 1870. Adjutant, 1879 ; Cap- 
tain, 1883 ; Lieutenant-Colonel. Inspector-General U. S. 
Volunteers, 1898. 3d U. S. Infantry. Major, 1898. 

Spanish War. 6th Mass. Infantry. Colonel, 1898. 

Philippines. 26th U. S. Volunteers. Colonel, 1899. 2d U. S. 
Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1901. 19th U. S. Infantry. 
Colonel, 1902. Brigadier-General U. S. Army, 1903 (retired). 

Mustered Out. July 20, 1906. 

* RICHARDS, CHARLES C. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. Corporal. At defence of New 
Orleans, La. Captured at Galveston, Tex. Prisoner four 
months. 

t RICHARDS, EUGENE H. 

Civil War. 40th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In battles of 

his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1883 and 1884. 
Mustered Out. December 11, 1899. 

I RICHARDSON, EDWARD B. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. In battles of 

his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. April 21, 1909. 

X RICHARDSON, JAMES M. 

Civil War. 21st Alass. Infantry. Captain. 44th Mass. Infantry. 
Captain. 12th Unattached Company Mass. Heavy Artil- 
lery. 2d Lieutenant. Afterwards 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 
Captain ; Major. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Volunteers. 
In many battles. 

Mustered Out. October 7, 1878. 

§ RICHARDSON, Z. A. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

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382 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

§ RIDEOUT, W. H. H. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

* RIDGWAY, CHARLES L. 

Civil War. 7th Unattached Company Mass. Infantry. 

* RICKER, OLIVER P. 

Civil War. 39th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; 2d Lieutenant. 
In battles of Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, 
Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, and Five Forks, Va. Wounded 
at Five Forks. 

G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 
X ROBERTS, CHARLES L. 

Civil War. 35th Mass. Infantry. 55th Mass. Infantry. Lieu- 
tenant. In battles of his regiments. 

Mustered Out. October 12, 1870. 
§ ROBERTS, JOHN H. 

Civil War. 1st N. H. Infantry. Corporal. Signal Corps. Major. 
t ROBERTS, WILLIAM C. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 55th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieu- 
tenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; Brevet Captain. In battles of his 
regiments. 

G. A. R. A Charter Member of Post. 

Mustered Out. December 18, 1904. 
t ROBESON, ANDREW, JR. 

Civil War. 1st N. Y. Engineers. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 
Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers. 

M. V. M. 1st Corps Cadets. Corporal ; Sergeant ; 1st Sergeant ; 
1st Lieutenant ; Captain. 

Mustered Out. August 18, 1906. 
§ ROBINS, EDWARD B. 

Civil War. 12th Mass. Unattached Company Infantry. 20th Mass. 
Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Commissioned Captain. Not 
Mustered. Act. Aide-de-Camp. 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d 
Army Corps. Provost-Marshal. Brevet Captain U. S. Vol- 
unteers. In many battles. 

M. V. M. 1st Corps Cadets. Staff of Governor. Colonel and 
Asst. Adjutant-General. 
X ROBINS, RICHARD. 

Civil War. 11th U. S. Infantry. Corporal; 2d Lieutenant; 
1st Lieutenant. 39th U. S. Infantry. Captain. Brevet 
1st Lieutenant and Captain U. S. Army. In battles of his 
regiments. 

Mustered Out. August 29, 1912. 

* ROBINSON, HENRY H. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. Corporal (Color-Guard) ; 1st 
Sergeant. In battles of 1st Bull Run and Campaign in N. C. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 383 

§ ROGERS, GEORGE R. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant. In battles of his 

regiment. 
M. V. M. 1st Corps Cadets. Corporal ; Sergeant ; Sergeant- 

Major ; 1st Lieutenant ; Captain; Major. 

§ ROGERS, HENRY M. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Assistant Paymaster. 

* ROONEY, PETER J. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. 1st U. S. Cavalry. 5th Mass. 
Cavalry. In battles of Cedar Mountain, Md. ; 2d Bull Run, 
Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; Kelly's Ford, Brandy Station, Upper- 
ville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; Williamsport, Boonsboro, Fall- 
ing Water, Chester Gap, Rappahannock and Bailey's Farm, 
Va. 

G. A. R. A Charter Member and Adjutant of Post. 

* RUDDICK, WILLIAM H., M.D. 

Civil War. 7th Mass. Light Battery. Hospital Steward. In 
battles of Blackwater, South Quay, Somerton, Providence 
Church Road, Siege of Suffolk, Va. ; Red River Campaign, La. ; 
Land Siege of Mobile, Ala. 

M. V. M. 7th Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant and Asst. Sur- 
geon. Light Battery " A." 2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1906 and 1907. Surgeon. 

§ SAFFORD, JOHN B. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. 3d Assistant Engineer ; 2d Assist- 
ant Engineer. 

t SAMPSON, AUGUSTUS N. 

Civil War. 4th Battalion Mass. Rifles. 3d Lieutenant ; 2d 
Lieutenant, 1861. 13th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant; 
1st Lieutenant. In battles of Cedar Mountain, Md. ; Thor- 
oughfare Gap, 2d Bull Run, Va. ; Antietam, Ford Damo, 
Falling Waters, Md. ; Winchester and Newton, Va. 

M. V. M. Boston City Guards. Staff of Governor Rice, 1876. 
Lieutenant-Colonel and Asst. Inspector-General. Staff 2d Bri- 
gade. Captain and Aide-de-Camp. Staff of Governor Ames. 
Colonel and Asst. Inspector-General. 

G. A. R. A Charter Member. Commander, 1873 ; Adjutant ; 
Chaplain. 

Mustered Out. September 18, 1901. 

t SANBORN, SILAS. 

Civil War. 10th Mass. Unattached Company. 3d Mass. Regi- 
ment Heavy^ Artillery. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant. In 
command of Fort Dupont, Md. 

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384 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

G. A. R. The first Comrade to unite with Post after organization. 

Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. June 14, 1912. 

t SANDERSON, AUGUSTINE. 

Civil War. 43d Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 16th Mass 
Light Battery. 2d Lieutenant. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall, Goldsboro, Batchelder's and Blount's Creek, N. C. Ran 
blockade to relieve Little Washington, N. C. Provost-Marshal 
at Beaufort, S. C. On Staff of General Nagle. 

G. A. R. A Charter Member. Commander, 1885 and 1886. 
Chairman Council of Administration. 

Mustered Out. January 4, 1909. 

* SAVORY, GEORGE E. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. 3d Assistant Engineer. 

* SAWIN, GEORGE A. 

Civil War. 22d Mass. Infantry. Private. In battles of York- 
tov^^n, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mills, 
Glendale, and Malvern Hill, Va. Wounded and taken prisoner 
at Malvern HiU. Confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1889 and 1890. Chaplain, 1879-1886. 

t SEAGRAVES, CHARLES S. 

Civil War. 2oth Mass. Infantry. Corporal; Sergeant; 1st Ser- 
geant ; 1st Lieutenant. In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member. 
Mustered Out. August 24, 1904. 

§ SEARS, STEPHEN W. 

Civil War. 37th N. Y. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ SHATTUCK, F. R. 

Civil War. 7th Mass. Infantry. 12th Mass. Infantry. Captain. 
Signal Corps U. S. A. Captain. In battles of his regiments. 

§ SHELDON, HENRY N. 

Civil War. .55th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant. 
In battles of his regiment. 

§ SHERIDAN, WILLIAM E. 

Civil War. 6th Ohio Infantry. Captain. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ SIMMONS, WILLIAM A. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 
regiment. 

* SIMPSON, JAMES M. 

Civil War. 2d Maine Infantry. Corporal ; 1st Sergeant. 1st Dis- 
trict of Columbia Cavalry. 1st Sergeant. In battles of 1st 
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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 385 

Bull Run, Siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines' 
Mills, Malvern Hill, Groveton, 2d Bull Run (wounded) and 
Chancellorsville, Va. With the cavalry in General Kautz's 
raid. General Wilson's raid and Sycamore Church, Va. Pris- 
oner of war in Libby Prison, Danville and Salisbury, N. C. In 
all, seven months. 

* SMALL, JOHN W. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall, Goldsboro and Siege of Little Washington, N. C. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 

t SMITH, WILLIAM A. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Corporal. 40th Mass. Infantry. 

1st Lieutenant ; Captain. In battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. March 8, 1909. 

§ SMITH, WILLIAM P. 

Civil War. 5th Conn. Infantry. Sergeant ; Sergeant-Major ; 
2d Lieutenant ; 1st Lieutenant ; Captain. In battles of Win- 
chester, Va. ; Cedar Mountain, Md. (wounded) ; Chancellors- 
ville, Va. ; Gettysburg, Pa. ; Resaca, Lookout Mountain to 
Atlanta, Ga. 

§ SMITH, ZIMRO A. 

Civil War. 18th Maine Infantry. Afterwards 1st Maine Heavy 
Artillery. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Major ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel. Brevet Colonel U. S. Volunteers. In battles of his 
regiment. 

§ SPAULDING, N. H. 

Civil War. 1st Minn. Infantry. 17th Minn. Infantry. 1st 
Lieutenant. In battles of his regiments. 

J SPENCER, CHARLES H. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Rawles Mills, 
Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Siege of Little Washington, 
N. C. 
Mustered Out. August 14, 1912. 

§ SQUIRE, A. F. 

Civil War. 74th' N. Y. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 

* STATES, GEORGE W. 

Civil War. 1st U. S. Cavalry. 24th N. Y. Cavalry. Sergeant- 
Major. In battles of Antietam, Md. ; Wilderness, Cold Harbor, 
Petersburg, Five Forks, Capture of Lee's wagon train and 
Appomattox, Va. 

§ STEVENS, JOHN H. 

Civil War. 5th Maine Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In battles of 
his regiment. 

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386 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

* STILLINGS, EPHRAIM B. 

Civil "War. 46th Mass. Infantry. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. In 
battles of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1905. Chairman of Council of Ad- 
ministration ; Asst. Adjutant-General, 1904-1905 ; Junior Vice 
Commander-in-Chief; Adjutant-General, 1910-1911 and Mem- 
ber of Executive Committee of the National Council of Ad- 
ministration, 1911-1912. See sketch Chapter XL. 

t STILLINGS, SAMUEL V. 

Civil War. Washington Light Infantry. U. S. Navy. Engineer. 
Mustered Out. February 28, 1897. 

* STORER, NEWMAN W. 

Civil War. 7th Mass. Light Battery. Corporal ; Sergeant ; 
Quartermaster-Sergeant ; 2d Lieutenant ; Captain. In battles of 
Deserted House, Mansura, Spanish Fort and Blakely, La. 

* STOREY, FRED G. 

Civil War. 40th Mass. Infantry. In battle of Suffolk, Va. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

J SULLIVAN, DR. JOHN. 

Civil War. 2d N. H. Infantry. Medical Cadet U. S. Army. 

13th N. H. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant; Acting Asst. Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. February 3, 1908. 

* SULLIVAN, J. HOWARD. 

Civil War. 9th Mass. Light Battery. Corporal. In battles of 
Gettysburg, Pa. ; Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsjdvania, 
Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, Capture of Peters- 
burg and Lee's surrender, Va. 

J SWORDS, THOMAS A. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Assistant Paymaster. 
Mustered Out. December 13, 1913. 

§ SYLVESTER, HENRY A. 

Civil War. 30th Wis. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

* TAYLOR, CHARLES H. 

Civil War. 38th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Bisland and Port 
Hudson, La. Wounded at Port Hudson. ' 

§ TAYLOR, CHARLES F. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Master's Mate. 

t TAYLOR, HENRY W. 

Civil War. 3d Mass. Light Battery. U. S. Navy. 3d Asst. 
Engineer In battles of Gaines Mills, Va. ; Antietam, Md. ; 
Fredericksburg, Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville, Va. ; Get- 
tysburg, Pa. ; Spottsylvania, Va. ; and others. 

Mustered Out. July 13, 1910. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 387 

§ THAXTER, SAMUEL. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. In engage- 
ments of his regiment. 

* THOMPSON, JAMES. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. Quartermaster-Sergeant ; 1st 
Lieutenant and Quartermaster. In battles of Roanoke Island, 
New Berne, Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. ; James 
and Morris Islands, S. C. 

t THOMPSON, GEORGE J. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. 2d Mass. Infantry. 
2d Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster; Captain. 
In battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. September 26, 1882. 

§ THURBER, JAMES D. 

Civil War. 13th Mass. Infantry. 55th Mass. Infantry. 1st 
Lieutenant; Captain. Brevet Major U. S. Volunteers. In 
battles of his regiments. 

* TICKNOR, BENJAMIN HOLT. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. 2d Lieutenant. 2d Mass. 
Heavy Artillery. 2d Lieutenant; Captain. In battles at 
Siege of New Berne, Dover Cross Roads, Batchelder's Creek. 
In garrison tours at Morehead City, Fort Macon, Fort Spinola 
and Fort Totten, N. C. 

t TODD, CHARLES R. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. Taken prisoner at 

Galveston, Tex. 
Mustered Out. June 2, 1895. 

§ TOLMAN, JOHN. 

Civil War. 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 

t TOWER, DR. CHARLES B. 

Civil War. 12th Mass. Unattached Company. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 
Mustered Out. May 14, 1909. 

t TRULL, EZRA J. ,„,.., 

Civil War. 4th Battalion Rifles. M. V. M. 1861. 13th Mass. 
Infantry. 39th Mass. Infantry. Captain. In battles of his 

regiments. t ^ ^ r> 

M V M Boston City Guards. 5th Regiment Infantry. Cor- 
poral" 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant; Major; Lieutenant- 
Colonel; Colonel. Staff 2d Brigade. Captain and Aide-de- 
Camp. 
Mustered Out. April 30, 1886. 

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388 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

§ TRUMBULL, CHARLES P. 

Civil War. 6th Mass. Infantry. Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

J TUCKER, JAMES. 

Civil War. 3d Battalion Rifles. M. V. M. 1861. 1st Sergeant. 
25th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Captain ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel ; Commissioned Colonel. Not Mustered. Brevet 
Colonel, U. S. Volunteers. In battles of Roanoke Island, 
Kins ton, Whitehall, Goldsboro, Wise's Forks, N. C. ; Fort Dar- 
ling, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Va. Wounded at Petersburg. 

Mustered Out. November 26, 1910. 

t TUCKER, LOUIS N. 

Civil War. 18th Mass. Infantry. Captain ; Brevet Major for 

gallant and meritorious services at battle of the Wilderness, 

Va. 
G. A. R. A Charter Member. 
Mustered Out. March 18, 1902. 

t TYLER, GEORGE H. 

Civil War. 1st ISIass. Infantry. Corporal ; 1st Sergeant. In 

battles of his regiment. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. 
Mustered Out. August 17, 1884. 

* UPHAM, HENRY M. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Mate. Served on receiving ship 
Savannah; S. S. Massachusetts; Mercedita and Muscoola. 

X WAIT, JOSEPH. 

Civil War. 48th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 
Mustered Out. November 26, 1872. 

* WALES, NATHANIEL. 

Civil War. 24th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant. 32d Mass. 
Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. 35th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant ; Major. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and 
Colonel U. S. Volunteers for conspicuous gallantry while in 
command of the 35th Mass. Infantry at Siege of Knoxville, 
Tenn. In many engagements. 

M. V. M. New England Guards. 1st Battalion Infantry. 
Lieutenant-Colonel. 1st Regiment Infantry. Colonel. 1st 
Brigade. Brigadier-General. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1909. 

X WALKER, EUGENE CLIFFORD. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. 2d Mass. Light Battery. In 

battles of his regiment and battery. 
Mustered Out. August 13, 1903. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 389 

* WALLACE, CRANMORE N. 

Civil "War. 43d Mass. Infantry. Special service as Lieutenant 
and Aide-de-Camp. 42d Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant; Act- 
ing Lieutenant commanding his company. Served in the 5th, 
6th, 18th and 22d Army Corps. In battles of Whitehall, Golds- 
boro, Rawles Mills, Little Washington and Kinston, N. C. ; 
Rectortown, Va. Wounded at Kinston. 

G. A. R. Post Commander, 1893. Adjutant, 1892 ; Department 
Asst. Quartermaster-General, 1890 ; Asst. Adjutant-General, 
National Encampment, 1894. 

t WALLACE, JAMES A. 

Civil War. 44th Mass. Infantry. Corporal. In battles of his 

regiment. 
Mustered Out. November 20, 1903. 

§ WARREN, JOSEPH H., M.D. 

Civil War. U. S. Army. Brigadier-General ; Medical Director. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 

§ WASHBURN, WILLIAM, JR. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 3.5th Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant. In battles of his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Adjutant. 

* WATSON, JOHN C. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In First Battle of 
Bull Run, Va. 

X WAUGH, WILLIAM WALLACE. 

Civil War. 5th Mass. Infantry. In engagements of his regiment. 
G. A. R. Post Quartermaster. 
Mustered Out. March 4, 1910. 

§ WEBB, M. E., M.D. 

Civil War. 33d Mass. Infantry. 1st Lieutenant ; Asst. Surgeon. 
G. A. R. Post Surgeon. 

t WELD, OTIS E. 

Civil War. Independent Corps Mass. Cadets. Corporal. 
Mustered Out. March 17, 1897. 

t WELLINGTON, AUSTIN C. 

Civil War. 38th Mass. Infantry. 1st Sergeant ; 2d Lieutenant ; 

1st Lieutenant and Act. Adjutant. In battles of Bisland, Port 

Hudson, Cane River Ford, Mansura, La. ; Opequon, Fisher's 

Hill and Cedar Creek, Va. 
M. V. M. 7th Regiment Infantry. Captain. 1st Battalion 

Infantry. Captain. 4th Battalion Infantry. Major. 1st 

Regiment Infantry. Major ; Colonel. 
G. A. R. Post Commander, 1887 and 1888. 
Mustered Out. September 18, 1888. 

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390 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

* WENTWORTH, THOMAS S. 

Civil War. 13th N. H. Infantry. In battles of Fredericksburg, 
Walthan Road, Swift Creek, or Arrowfield Church, Kinsland, 
Drake's Bluff, Battery Harrison, Va. ; entered Richmond, Va. 
Twice wounded in 1864. 

* WESTON, HENRY GRANT. 

Civil War. 19th Mass. Infantry. 5th Mass. Infantry. Musi- 
cian. U. S. Army. 2d Army Corps. 2d Class Musician. 
In battles of Balls Bluff, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Har- 
bor, Siege of Petersburg and North Anna, Va. ; Kinston, White- 
hall and Goldsboro, N. C. 

§ WESTON, JUSTIN P. 

Civil War. 2d Army Corps. Musician. 2d Brigade, 1st Division. 

§ WHALL, GEORGE F. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

t WHEELOCK, HENRY G. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant-Major. In battles of 
Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C. In 18th Army Corps. 
Mustered Out. June 1, 1912. 

t WHITE, EDWIN D. 

Civil War. 1st Rhode Island Cavaliy. Hospital Steward. 
Mustered Out. March 12, 1886. 

§ WHITE, JOHN C. 

Civil War. 17th Pa. Infantry. 21st Pa. Militia. Sergeant. 
11th U. S. Infantry. Corporal; Sergeant. 10th U. S. Infantry. 
2d Lieutenant, 1864 ; 1st Lieutenant, 1864. 1st U. S. Artillery. 
1st Lieutenant, 1870; Major, 1904 (retired). Brevet 1st Lieu- 
tenant and Captain U. S. Army, 1864. In battles of his 
regiments. 

$ WHITE, JOHN GREELEY S. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. Corporal. 5th Mass. Cavalry. 

1st Lieutenant. In battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. April 19, 1892. 

t WHITE, JOSEPH L. 
Civil War. U. S. Navy. 
Mustered Out. October 1, 1904. 

J WHITNEY, MYRON W. 

Civil War. 45th Mass. Infantry. In battles of Kinston, White- 
hall and Goldsboro, N. C. ; and others with his regiment. 
Mustered Out. September 17, 1910. 

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ROSTER OF MEMBERS 391 

§ WHITNEY, WILLIAM 'H. 

Civil War. 42d Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

* WHITTEMORE, JOHN H. 

Civil War. 9th Mass. Light Battery. Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

J WHITTINGTON, HIRAM. 

Civil War. U. 8. Navy. Petty Officer. 
Mustered Out. January 31, 1905. 

§ WILDE, GEORGE F. F. 

Civil War. U. S. Naval Academy. Act. Midshipman, 1861 ; 
Midshipman, 1862. U. S. Navy. Ensign, 1866 ; Master, 1866 ; 
Lieutenant, 1868 ; Lieutenant-Commander, 1869 ; Commander, 
1885; Captain, 1898; Rear-Admiral, 1904 (retired). 

Mustered Out. December 3, 1911. 

§ WILEY, DANIEL D. 

Civil War. 21st Mass. Infantry. Brevet Brigadier-General. In 
battles of his regiment. 

§ WILLIAMS, CHARLES H. 

Civil War. 7th Maine Light Battery. 1st Lieutenant. In battles 
of his battery. 

t WILSON, CHARLES W. 

Civil War. U. S. Navy. Act. Master's Mate; Act. Master; 

Acting Volunteer-Lieutenant. In battles of Galveston, Tex. ; 

Fort Pickens, Fla. ; Port Hudson, La. ; and Mobile Bay, Ala. 
Mustered Out. May 28, 1903. 

§ WILSON, GEORGE A. 

Civil War. 14th Maine Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

X WILSON, JOHN H. 

Civil War. 1st Mass. Infantry. 31st U. S. Colored Troops. 

Captain. 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 1st Lieutenant. In 

battles of his regiments. 
Mustered Out. July 20, 1870. 

§ WITHERELL, WARREN B. 

Civil War. 16th Mass. Infantry. In battles of his regiment. 

§ WOODRUFF, CARL A. 

Civil War. 2d Artillery. U. S. Army. 2d Lieutenant, 1861 ; 
1st Lieutenant, 1862; Captain, 1869. 12th U. S. Infantry. 
Captain, 1886 (declined). 2d U. S. Artillery. Major, 1894. 
7th U. S. Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1899. Artillery 
Corps. Colonel, 1901 ; Brigadier-General, 1903 (retired). 
Brevet Captain, 1863; Major, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, 
1865. U. S. Army. In many engagements. 

* Present members. + Deceased members. § Former members. 



392 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

J WOODS, EDWIN H. 

Civil War. 40th Mass. Infantry. Sergeant. In battles of his 

regiment. 
M. V. M. 7th Regiment Infantry. 1st Lieutenant. Staff of 

Governor Ames. Colonel and Asst. Adjutant-General. 
Mustered Out. October 11, 1910. 

t Deceased members. 




JOHN DIXWELL, M.D. 
President of the Kinsley Associates 



THE KINSLEY ASSOCIATES 

JOHN DixwELL M.D., President. 
MK. JOHN M. SIMPSON, Secretary. 

A LARGE proportion of the Posts of the Grand Army 
in the Department of Massachusetts have some aux- 
iliary body connected therewith ; the principal of these are the 
Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans and Daughters of 
Veterans. 

The subject of associating one or more of these bodies with 
Post No. 113 had been often urged upon the Comrades and 
several times it was seriously debated and voted upon, but it 
had uniformly been deemed inexpedient, chiefly on account 
of the conditions under which the Post had always been placed 
by its location, its scattered membership among the different 
sections of Metropolitan Boston and without local support 
and community backing common to most other Posts. 

In 1899 it became knowTi that certain public-spirited and 
patriotic gentlemen, recognizing the character of Post No. 113 
and its notable work, desired to aid and encourage the Comrades 
in their aims and efforts and were willing to form an auxiliary 
organization to render such aid effective. The result was the 
formation of the body kno\\Ti as the Kinsley Associates 
of Boston, auxiliary to Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, 
Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic. 
By-laws appropriate to the objects sought were adopted, and 
many prominent gentlemen united with the organization. 

The membership consists of Associates, Life Associates, and 
Honorary Life Associates. All Associates receive the courtesies 
of the Post at its Memorial Day observances, the Anniversary 
banquet and upon all other public occasions. They are wel- 
comed at the assemblies and suppers held preliminary to the 
official meetings, at which time instructive war papers are read 
and other entertainments given. The Post headquarters are 

393 



394 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

open to them every day, and they are cordially invited to 
attend all concerts, lectures, or receptions given in Ford Hall. 

Many of the Associates take an active part in the Post work 
and aid by personal service on committees, especially in arrang- 
ing for Memorial Day observances and the decorating of graves 
and tablets. 

Notwithstanding many of the original members have passed 
beyond, the membership has been more than kept good. 

The Associates have proved a great source of reserve strength 
and have fully justified the formation of such an organization. 

The President, Dr. John Dixwell of Boston, is a most zealous 
worker, and one who spares neither time nor means to advance 
the interest and work of the Post. His donations of articles 
of value and virtu have been numerous, while his sympathy, 
good offices, and professional skill have been freely rendered ; 
he has also provided musical and other entertainments of a high 
order for the enjoyment of the Comrades, their families and 
friends. 

The association is an honor to the city, in that it possesses so 
many distinguished citizens ready and willing to render assist- 
ance in so worthy and patriotic a cause. 

Among the Kinsley Associates who have been specially zealous 
in the work of the Post are Mrs. Helen R. Blackmar, who has 
the honor of being the only woman ever made an Honorary Life 
Associate of the Post, and Hon. Josiah Stearns Gushing, who has 
been notable for his interest and aid. It is perhaps not too 
much to say that to him in a large measure is due the publica- 
tion of the Post history. 

Comrades William M. Olin and John E. Oilman, Revs. 
Thomas Van Ness and Frederick W. Hamilton, D.Di, Hon. 
James J. Myers, Col. William C. Vincent, Mr. A. Shuman, Mr. 
Edward C. Brush, Mr. Caleb Chase, Mr. Charles H. Bond, 
Mr. Charles M. Pear, Mr. James M. McLaughlin, Mr. Thomas 
W. Lawson, Mr. Stratton D. Brooks, Mr. Frank N. Robinson 
and others have shown much interest and have been ever ready 
to respond to every call. 




HON. J. STEARNS GUSHING 

Kinsley Associate 

Publisher of History Post No. 113, G.A.R. 



ROSTER KINSLEY ASSOCIATES 

Auxiliary to Edward W. Kinsley Post No. 113, Department of 
Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic 

Associates 

Edgar O. Achorn, Esq., 906 Kimball Building, Boston. 

Mr. Walter R. Addicks, 4 Irving Place, New York City. 

Captain Francis H. Appleton, 185 Summer Street Boston. 

Mr. Frederick E. Atteaux, 176 Purchase Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles R. Batt, National Security Bank, Boston. 

CoL. Everett C. Benton, 65 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Mr. James S. Blake, 376 Washington Street, Boston. 

Mr. James F. Bliss, 91 Broad Street, Boston. 

Mr. Albert H. Browning, 88 Broad Street, Boston. 

Mr. William H. Cook, 2^ Park Square, Boston. 

Mr. Willard S. Cooke, Lexington, Mass. 

Mr. Michael M. Cunniff, 53 State Street, Boston. 

X Hon. Josiah Stearns Cushing, Norwood, Mass. 

Gen. Charles K. Darling, Post Office Building, Boston. 

Frank E. Dickerman, Esq., 18 Tremont Street, Boston. 

John Dixwell, M.D., 52 West Cedar Street, Boston. 

Mr. James A. Dupee, 12 Monadnock Street, Dorchester, Mass. 

Mr. Frank W. Dyer, 45 North Market Street, Boston. 

Mr. Emmons R. Ellis, 1692 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Mass. 

Mr. George H. Ellis, 272 Congress Street, Boston. 

Mr. Wilmot R. Evans, 591 Broadway, Everett, Mass. 

Governor Eugene N. Foss, 34 Oliver Street, Boston. 

Walter B. Grant, Esq., 30 Dracut Street, Dorchester, Mass. 

Mr. George M. Gray, 86 Union Street, Boston. 

Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., 95 Avon Hill Street, Cambridge, 

Mass. 
Mr. John Hays Hammond, Gloucester, Mass. 
Hon. Thomas N. Hart, 298 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. 
Col. Sidney M. Hedges, 45 Milk Street, Boston. 
Arthur D. Hill, Esq., 17 Brimmer Street, Boston. 
Mr. Edwin A. Hills, 363 Beacon Street, Boston. 
S. Henry Hooper, Esq., Barristers Hall, Boston. 
Mr. Allen C. Jones, American House, Boston. 
John M. Kendricken, Esq., 53 State Street, Boston. 
Mr. Walter F. Lansil, 74 Boylston Street, Boston. 
I Deceased members. 
395 



396 EDWARD W. KINSLEY POST NO. 113, G. A. R. 

Mr. George E. Leighton, 95 Milk Street, Boston. 

Captain William A. Morse, 54 Equitable Building, Boston. 

Hon. James J. Myers, Cambridge, Mass. 

Mr. William H. L. Odell, 51 South Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles E. Osgood, 744 Washington Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles M. Pear, 156 Line Street, Cambridge, Mass. 

Gen. Charles Pfaff, 16 Arch Street, Boston. 

Captain Arthur Wallace Pope, 108 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

Mr. Thomas H. Ratigan, 65 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Mr. Frederick F. Rhodes, 72 Lincoln Street, Boston. 

Mr. Leonard H. Rhodes, 440 Tremont Street, Boston. 

Mr. Albert L. Richardson, 52 Waltham Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles J. Ridgway, 138 Bowdoin Street, Boston. 

Mr. Herbert N. Ridgway, Winthrop, Mass. 

Mr. Frank N. Robinson, 2 Elm Lawn, Dorchester, Mass. 

Col. Henry E. Russell, 108 Water Street, Boston. 

Mr. John B. Shearer, 54 West Cedar Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles W. Sherburne, 513 Beacon Street, Boston. 

Mr. a. Shuman, Shuman's Corner, Boston. 

Mr. Edwin A. Shuman, Shuman's Corner, Boston. 

Mr. Edward E. Smith, 78 Utica Street, Boston. 

Mr. Richard W. Smith, 50 Congress Street, Boston. 

Mr. Charles W. Spencer, 11 Chauncey Street, Cambridge, Mass. 

Mr. Charles A. Stillings, National Bank Bldg., Washington, D. C. 

Mr. Carroll A. Thayer, 59 Waldeck Street, Dorchester, Mass. 

Mr. Frank A. Walker, Stoneham, Mass. 

Mr. George H. Washburn, 88 Broad Street, Boston. 

Mr. Albert S. West, 1 Elm Lawn, Dorchester, Mass. 

Life Associates 

Mr. William J. Carlin, 12 Seaver Street, Roxbury, Mass. 

Mr. Alfred W. Carr, 326 Bay State Road, Boston. 

Mr. Charles D. Fisher, 110 State Street, Boston. 

Captain Albert A. Gleason, 60 State Street, Boston. 

Mr. James M. Gleason, P. O. Box 1683, Boston. 

Mr. Joseph F. Hilton, 5 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. 

Mr. Horace B. Ingalls, Swampscott, Mass. 

Mr. Thomas W. Lawson, 31 State Street, Boston. 

Mr. Fred McQuesten, 27 Kilby Street, Boston. 

Mr. Leonard B. Nichols, 101 Chestnut Street, Boston. 

Mr. Walter E. Park, Engineers Club, New York City. 

Mr. John M. Simpson, 230 Border Street, East Boston, Mass. 

I Mr. William White, 733 Washington Street, Boston. 

Honorary Associates 
Col. Silas A. Barton, Waltham, Mass. 
Hon. John L. Bates, 73 Tremont Street, Boston. 

i Deceased members. 




JOHN E. GILMAN 

Kinsley Associate 

Commander-in-Chief G.A.R., 1910, 1911 



ROSTER KINSLEY ASSOCIATES 397 

Mrs. Helen R. Blackmar, 72 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 

Hon. Stratton D. Brooks, Norman, Okla. 

Mr. Edward C. Brush, 79 Kilby Street, Boston. 

CoL. Joseph F. Burke, Atlanta, Ga. 

Admiral Charles E. Clark, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. Samuel J. Elder, 1101 Pemberton Building, Boston. 

Rev. William H. P. Faunce, D.D., President Brown University, 

Pro\'idence, R. I. 
Mr. John E. Oilman, 13 Schuyler Street, Roxbury, Mass. 
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, Washington, D. C. 
Rev. Roswell R. Hoes, United States Na\'y, Washington, D. C. 
Hon. John D. Long, Hingham, Mass. 

Mr. James M. McLaughlin, 56 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, Mass. 
Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D. C. 
Rev. Thomas -Van Ness, 914 Beacon Street, Brookline, Mass. 
Hon. Samuel L. Powers, 101 Milk Street, Boston. 
Mr. Henry E. Stillings, Somerville, Mass. 
Col. William G. Vincent, New Orleans, La. 



At the regular meeting of E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G.A.R. 
Wednesday Evening, December 17, 1913, the following gentlemen were 
elected Kinsley Associates. 

CoL. Edward H. Haskell, 176 Federal Street, Boston. 
CoL. J. Payson Bradley, 24 Purchase Street, Boston. 
Mr. Wallace L. Pierce, 69 Tremont Street, Boston. 
Mr. J. Nelson Parker, 222 Summer Street, Boston. 
Mr. H. Staples Potter, 82 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. 
Mr. Francis P. O'Connor, 157 Tremont Street, Boston. 



INDEX 



A New Era, 191. 

A Touching Incident, 19. 

Aehorn, Edgar O., 201, 208, 395. 

Adams, Charles Clark, 90, 124, 133, 
142, 143, 155, 159, 167, 169, 173, 
176, 187, 199, 205, 210, 212, 215, 
221, 222, 249, 252, 260, 261, 353. 

Adams, Henry H., Post No. 140, 
N. Y., 164. 

Adams, John, 233. 

Adams, John G. B., Commander- 
in-Chief, 142, 147, 152, 157, 163, 
164, 167, 178, 196. 

Adams, John Quiney, 255. 

Adams, Samuel, 233. 

Address of Gen. Sargent at First 
Monument Service, 67. 

"Aerial Navigation," 332. 

Aguinaldo, 188, 196. 

Alexis, Grand Duke, 38. 

Alfred, Master Max, 330. 

Alger, Gen. Russell A., Comman- 
der-in-Chief, 122, 129, 131, 132, 
174. 

Algonquin Club, 183, 315. 

Allen, E. G., 175. 

"Allen Farmer," 50. 

Allen, Walter, 218, 295, 353. 

Allen, Col. W. W., of Phila., Pa., 
139. 

AUine, William H., 50, 77, 167, 221, 
250, 252, 264, 289, 296, 306, 314, 
321, 329, 334, 353. 

American Watch Co. Band, 26, 
290. 

Ames, Lieut. Col. Butler, 278. 

Ames, Hon. Frederick L., 146. 

Ames, Governor Oliver, 107, 113. 

Amidon, Charles K., 248, 353. 

Amory, Charles B., 25, 210, 215, 
220, 222, 249, 252, 264, 289, 296. 
303, 306, 314, 315, 316, 321, 329, 
334, 350, 353. 

Amory, Robert G., 354. 



Ancient and Honorable Artillerv 
Co., 216, 337. 

Anderson, Rev. Edward, 212, 216, 
218, 222, 225, 236, 248, 249, 
261, 287, 293, 311, 312, 325, 326, 
349, 352, 354. 

Anderson, John, Asst. Q. M. Gen., 
188. 

Andersonville I*rison Pen, 301. 

Andrew, Gov. John A., 6, 57, 76, 
143, 309. 

Andrews, W. P., Color Corporal, 
337. 

Anniversaries of Post, 57, 62, 65, 
68, 74, 78, 84, 88, 94, 100, 105, 
107, 113, 117, 122, 133, 141, 147, 
152, 157, 164, 170, 174, 178, 
195, 202, 208, 212, 217, 249, 260, 
282, 293, 301, 311, 317, 326, 331. 

Anniversary, 250th, of Boston, 
76. 

Anniversary, Society Army Poto- 
mac, 326. 

Apollo Quartette, 184. 

Appleton, Captain Nathan, 63, 65, 
66, 69-71, 118, 133, 150, 165, 
282, 288. 354. 

Appleton, George C, 288, 354. 

Appleton, Thomas Gold, 70. 

Appleton, Thomas R., of Post No. 
191, 288. 

"Arctic Regions," 327. 

Armington, E. I., 287, 334, 354. 

Army and Navy Club, 77. 

Army and Navy Journal, 17. 

Ashbridge, Mavor of Philadelphia, 
Pa., 193. 

Associates, Kinslev, 191, 192, 196, 
206. 330, 393-397. 

Astor, Col. J. J., 268. 

Atlanta, Ga., Confederate Camp, 
No. 1.59, 246. 

Attridge, John J., 342. 

Attwood, Cornelius G., 4-7, 9, 
14, 22, 34, 37, 40-44, 47, 55, 62, 
74, 77, 115, 117, 118, 121, 354. 



399 



400 



INDEX 



Atwood, Thomas H., 72, 80, 86, 

355. 
Austin, James R., 66, 355. 



B 



Bach, James B., of Lafayette Post, 

147. 
Badge of Post No. 113. 147. 
Badger, Commodore O. C, U. S. 

N., 100. 
Badger, William, of Post No. 26, 

163, 165. 
Baird, Major G. W., U. S. A., 

108. 
Bakewell, Col. A. C, of Lafayette 

Post, 239. 
Baldwin, A. C, 10. 
Baldwin, Captain C. B., 333. 
Baldwin's Band, 117. 
Baldwin, W. H., 151, 155. 
Ball, Benjamin A., 355. 
Ball, Rev. George S., 148. 
Bancroft, Gen. William A., 163, 

171. 
Banks, Gov. and Gen. Nathaniel 

P., 105, 118, 122, 134. 
Banner Year, 221. 
Banquet, "Blue and Gray," 233. 
Banquet to Lafavette Post No. 

140, N. Y., 127,' 140, 193. 
Baptist Social Union, 273, 274. 

276. 
Bard well, Henrv J., 289, 296, 305, 

314, 321, 329, 334 355. 
Barger, Fred C, of Post No. 140, 

N. Y., 223. 
Barker, Col. Thomas E., 151. 
Barnes, Alfred C, of Lafavette 

Post, N. Y., 242. 
Barnes, Charles B., 26. 
Barnett, Robert A., 152. 
Barrows, James S., 150, 167, 173, 

177, 199, 205, 210, 215, 220, 221, 

250, 251, 355. 
Barrows, Captain John S., 327. 
Barry, David F., 153. 
Barrymore, Maurice, 126. 
Bartiett, W. N., Post No. 10, 

178. 
Bartiett, Wm. H., Dept. Com- 
mander, 178, 181. 
Barton, Frederick, 304, 355. 



Barton, Silas A., Dept. Comman- 
der, 188, 208, 220, 313, 396. 

Barton, Col. Theodore A., of R. I., 
142. 

Bates, Gov. John L., 26, 175, 235, 
247, 249, 253, 256, 292, 352, 396. 

Bates, Mrs. John L., 292. 

Bates, Wm. Lester, 338. 

Beale, Rev. Charles E., 291. 

Beard, Hon. Alanson W., 58, 69, 
74, 121, 125, 131, 142, 146, 147, 
152. 

Beers, Alfred B., Commander-in- 
Chief, 332. 

Beethoven Quartette, 323. 

Behan, Gen. W. I., of La., 232. 

Belknap, Admiral, U. S. N., 157, 
178, 188, 201, 216. 

Bell, Frank, Post 26, 334. 

Bell, Lieut. Gen. J. Franklin, 313. 

Bell, Major, U. S. A., 69. 

Bennett, Captain, U. S. A., 316. 

Benson, Andrew M., 133, 148, 165, 
261, 356. 

Bent, Orrin, 155, 356. 

Benton, Josiah H., Jr., 156. 178, 
282, 350, 356. 

Bergstrom, E. L., Color Corp., 337. 

Berkeley Street Church, 61. 

Berle, Rev. A. A., 163, 164, 168, 
170, 171, 174, 175. 

Berrv, F. M., Sergeant, 337. 

Berry, J. K., 107. 

Bertron, S. R., of N. Y., 268. 

Bigelow Grammar School, 290. 

Billings, John D., 133, 356. 

Billings, Leonard Lorenzo, 356. 

Bi.xby, Franklin G., 31, 35, 38, 40, 
43, 45, 77, 328, 356. 

Black, John C, Commander-in- 
Chief, 113, 154, 223, 224, 227, 
236, 237, 245, 248, 250, 316, 352. 

Blaekmar Hall, 265, 287, 292, 316. 

Blaekmar, Mrs. Helen R., 23, 258, 
286, 287, 394, 397. 

Blaekmar, Wilmon W., First 
Commander of Post No. 113, 5; 
Dept. Commander, 24 ; Com- 
mander-in-Chief, 24 ; Sketch of, 
20-30; Funeral Obsequies of, 
25-30; Chaplain Horton's Eu- 
logv, 27 ; references to, 6, 9, 17- 
19,^24, 31, 34, 37, 40, 50, 52, 55, 



INDEX 



401 



57, 59, 60, 63, 65, 66, 69, 72, 74, 
76 77, 84, 89, 90, 93, 94, 99, 103, 
106, 108, 117, 118, 122, 133, 134, 
136 142, 147, 150, 156, 157, 160, 
163', 164, 168, 170, 175, 177, 179, 
180, 187, 188, 190, 194, 196, 198, 
199-203, 205, 208, 210, 212, 213, 
215 217 218,221,222,224,225, 
248' 249', 250-253, 256, 258, 259, 
261, 262, 279, 286, 291, 302, 351, 
352, 357. 
"Black Watch Regiment," 327. 
Blaine, Hon. James G., 94. 
Blair, Lafavette G., 326, 333. 
Blake, A. S., Post 140, N. Y., 142, 

153. 
Blake, Miss Mabelle L., 218. 
Blakelev, A. R., of La., 232. 
Blasclock, Joseph, Post 140, N.Y., 

156, 175. 
Blasland, E. B., 60. 
Blood, Gen. Robert, M.D., 211. 
"Bloody Angle," 327. 
Bloom, Captain J. E., U. S. A., 

301. 

"Blue and Gray," 55, 65-68, 189, 

227, 233, 246-248, 309, 336, 346. 

Boardman, Charles H., 40, 45, 50, 

55, 60, 63, 75, 77, 80, 333, 357. 

Bodfish, Rev. J. P. Langley, 287, 

294, 303, 311, 349, 357. 
Bodwell's Band of N. ¥., 139. 
Bon Homme Richard, 137. 
Bond, Charles H., 304, 394. 
Boston American, 280, 345. 
Boston Evening Record, 271, 280, 

344, 346. 
Boston Globe, 161. 187, 344, 345. 
Boston Herald, 186, 271, 279, 345. 
Boston High School Regiment, 

83 
Boston Journal, 18, 162, 186. 
Boston Light Infantry, 51. 56. 61, 

Boston Light Infantry Corps. 338, 
Boston Municipal Band, 175. 
Boston Post, 269. 281. 
Boston Public Lilirary. 189. 
Boutwell. Nathan B., 313,357. 
Bowdoin School, 339. 
Bowles Brothers, 70. 
Boylston Club Quartette, 62. 
Brackett, Major L. C, 152. 



Brackett, Gov. J. Q. A.. 26, 108, 

121, 131. 132, 159. 
Bradlev, Col. J. Payson, 174. 178, 

181. 242. 260, 264. 276. 282. 
Brain, Admiral, U. S. N., 139. 
Brewer, Miss, 2.58. 
Brewer, Mrs. Caroline (Sayles),23. 
Brewer, John R., 23. 
Brewster, James B., 134. 
Briggs, Rev. G. W., 117. 
Bromell, Rev. Clyde W., 297, 301. 
Brooke, Col. B., of Phila., 139. 
I Brooks, Emerson, 141. 
I Brooks, Fred Emerson, of Cal., 

131- 
Brooks, George W., 159, 173, 175, 
177, 180, 199, 205. 210, 215, 
220, 287, 357. 
Brooks, Phillips, School, 339. 
Brooks, Stratton D., 312, 316, 394. 

397. 
Broome, Lieut. Col., U. S. M. C, 

108. 
Brown. A. A., 68. 
Brown, Adjt. Post No. 140, N. Y., 

202. 
Brown, Mrs. Frances Button, 323. 
Brown, George T., 66, 358. 
Brown, J. Willard. Dept. Com- 
mander, 310. 
Brown University, 298. 
Brown's Brigade Band, 41 
Browne, A. Parker, 357. 
Bruerton, James, 60, 63, 90, 180, 
199 205, 210, 215, 220, 222, 260, 
264' 289, 296, 303, 350. 358. 
Brush. Edward C, 227, 233, 310, 

394. 397. 
Buck, John, ex-Confederate, 180, 

253, 313. 340. 
Buford, Major Edward, of Nash- 
ville. Tenn., 218. 229, 232. 
Buffum. C. J.. 107. 
Buller, General, 196. 
Bullock, Gov. Alexander H., 274. 
Bumpus, Cephas C, 6, 50, 105, 151, 

358. 
Bunker Hill Day, Ex-Confederate 

Burdett. Samuel S., Commander- 
in-Chief. 106. 

Burke, Col. Joseph F., 337, 338, 
342, 343, 344. 345. 397. 



402 



INDEX 



Burke, Master Walter A., 323. 

Burnham, Lamont G., 213, 358. 

Biirnside, Gen. Ambrose E., 286. 

Burns, Walter, 150, 328, 358. 

Burr, Isaac T., 108. 

Burrage, A. C, 147. 

Burrill, James P., 38, 45, 358. 

Burt, W. L., 17. 

Burton, Gen. C. G., Commander- 
in-Chief, 300. 

Bush, Francis, Jr., 52, 358. 

Bussey, Gen. Cyrus, Asst. Sect. 
Interior, 131. 

Butler, Gov. and Gen. Benjamin 
F., 62, 132. 

Butler, Henry H., 358. 

Butler, Herbert J., 358. 

Butler, Gen. John G., U. S. A., 207, 
220, 249, 303, 358. 

Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 140. 

By-Laws, New Code, 97, 191. 

Byrd, Lieut. Charles B., 337. 



C 



Cable, George W., ex-Confederate, 

312. 
Cadet Band, 222. 
Caldwell, George H., 45, 359. 
Cameron, Col. Wm. E., of Va., 

230. 
"Camp Fire," Origin of, 19. 
Camp Fires, 32, 38, 40, 41, 52, 60, 

61, 118, 132, 164, 196, 200, 213, 

276, 317. 
Candler, Hon. John W., 208. 
Capehart, Gen. Henry, 21, 22. 
Capen, Prest., Tuft's College, 201. 
Capen, Dr. Samuel, 283. 
Carnival for Soldier's Home, 104. 
Carpenter, Major George O., 121, 

146. 
Carpenter, Rev. H. Bernard, 104, 

351. 
Carr, A. W., 153, 396. 
Carrington, Gen. H. B., 276. 
Carruth, Russell, 80, 359. 
Carson, Kit, 148. 
Carter, James L., 174, 359. 
Carter, John, 304. 
Carter's Band, 26. 
Cartwright, James W., 319, 359. 
Casinay, Comrade, Post No. 15, 19. 



Castleman, Gen. John B., of Ky., 

233, 240. 
Caverly, Master Ernest, 290. 
Cedar Grove Cemetery, 26. 
Chadwick, Captain, U. S. N., 

193. 
Chaffee, Lieut. Gen. A. B., U. S. A., 

256, 257, 258. 
Chamberlain, A. P., Asst. In- 
spector, 106. 
Chamberlain, Gen. Joshua L., 151, 

3.51. 
Charter Saved, 77. 
Chase, Caleb, 202, 394. 
Chase, L. M., 142. 
Chase, Rev. Rufus S., 277. 
Chase, Hon. Salmon P., Secretary 

of Treasury, 285. 
Childs, George T., 45. 
Choate, Charles F., Jr., 175. 
Church of the Unity, 107, 156. 
Churchill, James R., Dept. Com- 
mander, 147. 
Citizens Aid Post, 46. 
City Band, 175. 
Claflin, Gov. William, 9, 17. 
Clark, Admiral Charles E., U. S. N., 

206, 210, 397. 
Clark, Miss Caroline G., 161. 
Clark. C. P., Comdr. Loyal Legion, 

171, 188. 
Clark, Gen. Embury P., 26, 283. 
Clark, Col. George, Waco, Texas, 

231, 232. 
Clark, Dr. George R., 162. 
Clark, U. S. Senator, Montana, 268. 
Clarke, Col. Albert, 156. 
Clarke, Col. Charles H., 68. 
Clarke, 1st Lieut. P. F., 337. 
Clarkson, Floyd, Dept. Comdr. 

N. Y., 130. 
Clarkson, T. S., Nebraska, 122. 
Clayton, Prof. Henry Helm, 332. 
Clements, E. H., 211. 
Coast Artillerv Corps Band, 309, 

322, 330, 337, 339. 
Cobb Brothers, 78. 
Cobb, Cyrus, 84. 
Cobb, Darius, 301. 
Cobb, Samuel, 84. 
Coffman, Captain De Witt, U. S. 

N., 331. 
Cogswell, Gen. William, 131. 



INDEX 



403 



Colby, Admiral H. G. 0., 312, 320, 
359. 

Cole, Frank O., Adjt. Gen. G. 
A. R., 301. 

Collier, Rev. G. W., 156. 

Collins, Mayor Patrick A., 26, 
208, 261. 

Colors, Presented by Thomas W. 
Lawson, 203. 

Comrades Honored, 174. 

Concluding Chapter, 348. 

Conary, Hoyt L., 292. 

Confederate Camp Parade in Bos- 
ton, 112. 

Confederate Home, Alabama, 213. 

Confederates Honor the Union 
Dead, 337. 

Confederates in Boston, 112, 337. 

Confederates Welcomed, 232, 
337. 

Confederate Veterans Assn., N. Y., 
267. 

Confederate Veterans Assn., Wash- 
ington, D. C, 212. 

ConnaUv, Dr. E. L., 337. 

Constant, W. M., U. S. N., En- 
sign, 108. 

Conwell, Rev. Russell H., 141. 

Cook, Charles M., 359. 

Cook, -John C, 111, 115, 120, 142, 
155, 180, 199, 205, 207, 208, 209, 
252, 264, 289, 305, 314, 321, 329, 
334. 359, 360. 

Cook, John H., Ill, 113, 115, 120, 
122, 124, 133, 136, 146, 147, 148, 
360. 

Cook, William, 5, 6, 360. 

Cooledge, Captain P. J., 337. 

Coppins, Major George T., 278. 

Corbin, General Secretary of War, 
257. 

Corinthian Quartette, 151, 157. 

Corse, General, 105. 

Cortelyou, Secretary to President, 
257. 

Courtenav, Mayor, Charleston, 
S. C, 77. 

Courtesies to Gen. Wheeler and 
daughters, 183, 184, 187, 189. 
, Cowdin, Col. Robert, 333. 

Cox, Gov., Ohio, 346. 

"Cradle of Libertv," Blue and 
Gray, 233, 246, 254. 



Crane, Hon. W. Murray, U. S. 

Senator, 300. 
Crawford, Rev. George A., D.D., 

293. 
Crawford, "Jack" (Captain), 116. 
Creasey, George W., Dept. Comdr., 

84. 
Crew, Ben j. B., 337. 
(^rew, Ben Lee, Color Sergeant, 

337. 
Criticism of Post No. 113, 81. 
Crosby, Stephen M., 26, 313, 360. 
Crum, Miss Harriet M., Canton, 

Ohio, 201. 
Crumley, Captain W. M., 337. 
Cummings, Rev. Edward, 249. 
Cummins, Lieut. A. T., U. S. A., 

108. 
Curtis, George E., 360. 
Gushing, W. A., Band Leader, 337, 

339. 
Cushing, Hon. J. Stearns, 216, 312, 

316, 318, 325, 331. 394, 395. 
Cushing, Samuel D., A. D. C, 89. 
Cushman, Major Austin S., First 

Comdr., Dept. of Mass., 1. 
Custer, Gen., 21. 



D 



Daggett's Orchestra, 216, 260, 
282,311,316,318,342. 

Dalton, General Samuel, 77, 133, 
360. 

Darling, Gen. Charles K., 26, 395. 

Daughters of Veterans, 393. 

Davenport, Walter, 68. 

Davis, 2d Lieut. A. H., 337. 

Davis, Charles G., 77, 133, 333, 360. 

Davis, Col., U. S. A., 283. 

Dav-is, James A., 313. 

Davis, James T., 287, 295, 360. 

Davis, Jefferson, President Con- 
federacy, 315. 

Dean, Charles A., 361. 

Deane, John M., Dept. Comdr., 
175. 

Death Benefit Fund, 13. 

Deceased Members of Post, 353. 

Decreased Attendance, 43. 

Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument, 38, 64. 

Dedication Headquarters, 54. 



404 



INDEX 



Dedication Tufts' Memorial Tab- 
let, 283. 

Dee, John H., 10, 251, 361. 

Delightful Occasion, 306. 

Delmont, Mr., Vocalist, 222. 

Dennv, J. Waldo, 4, 5, 6, 9, 18, 19, 
22, 31, 35, 37, 38, 40, 50, 52, 53, 
56, 60, 62, 91, 291, 294, 333, 
361. 

Department of Mass. Organized, 1. 

Department Parade, 62. 

Department Politics, 58. 

Depew, Hon. Chauncy M., 141. 

Derby, WiUiam P., Dept. Com- 
mander, 175. 

Devens, Gen. Charles, Commander- 
in-Chief, 76, 122, 131, 211. 

Dewey, Admiral George, 195. 

Dewey, Gen. Henry S., 212. 

Dewey, Major, 69. 

Dickman, Comrade, of N. Y., 131. 

Dinner to Mrs. Pickett at Algon- 
quin Club, 315. 

Discouraging Outlook, 80. 

Ditmus, Post No. 134, 261. 

Dixwell, Dr. John, 181, 295, 313, 
315, 319, 327, 332, 393, 394, 
395. 

Dix, Rev. Morgan, of N. Y., 268. 

Dodd, Charles, 10, 42, 46, 58. 361. 

Dolan, Charles T., 78. 

Dolan, President Common Coun- 
cil, 282. 

Dolliver, James W., 50, 66, 163, 
287, 361. 

Donahoe, Gen. M. T., 107. 

Donations, 7, 8, 17, 99. 

Doremus, Dr. R. Ogden, of N. Y., 
268. 

Dorr, Henry G., 287, 361. 

Douglass, Frederick, 218. 

Douglass, Gov. William L., 274. 

Dow, Howard M., 107, 108, 185. 

Dow, Miss Lillian E., 107. 

Dow, the Impersonator, 143. 

Downs, W. H., of Post No. 62, 
134. 

Draper, Gov. Eben S., 315, 317. 

Draper, Mrs. Eben S., 315. 

Drummer Boy of Shiloh, 213. 

Dudley, Gen.'N. A. M., 125, 178, 
312. 

Dues established, 6, 13, 14, 58. 



Dutton, Dr. Samuel L., 136, 319, 
362. 

Dyer, Dr. Franklin B., Supt. Bos- 
ton Schools, 332, 344. 

Dyer, E. J., of Post No. 2, 104. 



E 



Early Activities, 15. 

Early Membership, 10. 

Early Post Equipment and Cere- 
monies, II. 

East Boston High School, 309. 

Eddy, D. Frank, 362. 

Eddy, Lewis, 146, 362. 

Edgarton, Miss Lillian, 34. 

Ehlers, Col. E. M. L., Post No. 
140, N. Y., 244. 

Eichberg, Julius, 83. 

Eichler (Bugler), 111. 

Elder, Hon. Samuel J., 188, 303, 
344, 397. 

Eldridge, Daniel, Post No. 121, 218. 

Election of Comrade Blackmar 
Commander-in-Chief, 224. 

Eliot Grammar School, 273. 

Eliot, President Harvard Uni- 
versitv, 189. 

Elkin, Captain W. S., 337. 

Ellis, Samuel C, 333, 362. 

Emerson, Walter, 101, 105. 

Emerson, William, 5, 31, 37. 

Emery, L. S., of N. Y., 139. 

Emerv, Manning, 362. 

Emmons, W. H. H., 218, 222, 
250. 

Emperor of Japan, 55. 

Employment Bureau, 16. 

Encampment, National, at Phila., 
192-195. 

Encampments, National, in Bos- 
ton, 33, 122, 127-134. 

English High School Orchestra, 
330. 

Entertainments of Post, 292. 

Epitome of Gen. Wheeler's Life, 
268. 

Erlenbaeh, Master Harold, 309. 

Ernst, C. W., 113. 

Eshlman, Gen. B. F., of La., 230, 
232. 

Evans, George S., Dept. Comdr., 
95, 118. 



INDEX 



405 



Evans, L. E., of Post No. 140, N. 

Y., 142, 153, 157. 
Evans, Hon. Wilmot R., 344. 394. 
Evarts, Hon. William M., 76. 
Evening Record (see Boston 

Evening Record). 
Everett, Edward F., 197, 362. 
"Evolution of the Battleship," 

319. 
Ex-Confederates Parade in Boston, 

112. 

F 

Fairbanks, Almon, 168. 
Fairchild, Charles S., 268. 
Fairehild, Lucius, Commander-in- 
Chief, 130. 
Fales, George A., 288, 363. 
Fall Field Davs, 141, 148, 152, 157, 

163, 170, 174, 178, 287. 
Faneuil Hall, 61, 82, 93, 233, 246, 
247, 249, 250, 254, 297, 317, 319. 
" Farmer Allen," 50. 
Farragut, Admiral, 161, 255, 285, 

319. 
Farrel, Col. (The Tailor), 181. 
Faunce, Rev. W. H. H., D.D., 298, 

299, 352, 397. 
Fauteaux, Louis G. A., 38, 40, 42, 

118, 150, 155, 197, 362. 
Fees and Dues, 6, 13, 14. 
Fernald, Henrv W., 40, 45, 72, 75, 

80, 86, 118, 362. 
Ferris, Alexander M., 222, 329, 

332, 334, 3.39, 342, 347. 363. 
Fessenden, William H., 142, 153, 

156, 171, 363. 
Field, Benjamin F., Jr., 77, 363. 
Field, Justice Walbridge A., 151, 

152, 162, 163. 
Fifth INIass. Light Battery, 382. 
Fifth Regiment Band, 66. 
Fifty-fifth Regiment Assn., 18. 
Finances, 13, 14, 15. 
Findlay, James (Bugler), 278. 
Finlay, Judge Luke W., of Tenn., 

232. 
First Confederate Military Body 
to unite with a G. A. R. Post, 
Memorial Day, 337. 
Fu-st Death of a Commander, 117. 
First Decorative Service by Post, 
16. 



First Dept. Parade in Mass., 1. 
First Installation of Officers, 9, 

10. 
First Memorial Service by Post, 

16. At Monument, 66. 
First Permanent Organization of 

Post No. 113, 9-11. 
First Post of G. A. R., 2. 
First Post in Mass., 1. 
First Post No. 113 Funeral, 18. 
First Regt. Veteran Assn., 121. 
Fisher, Edwin S., 118, 364. 
Fisher, Henry S., 333, 364. 
Fiske, Granville C, Dept.Comdr., 

181, 318, 326. 
Fitzgerald, Mayor John F., 276, 

317, 319. 
Flag presented to Post, 33. 
Fleischer, Dr. Charles, 330, 331, 

352. 
"Flub Dub," 12. 
Foote, Rev. Henry W., 52, 351. 
Ford, George B., 58, 65, 68. 
Former Members of Post, 353. 
Fox, Col. Charles B., 18, 32, 77, 

78, 83, 84. 
Foxcroft, George A., 163, 164, 295, 

364. 
Franklin, Benjamin, 13, 318. 
Fraternity and Charity for ex- 
Confederates, 55. 
Freeman,Charles H., Dept.Comdr., 

N. Y., 139, 141. 
Freeman, Charles H. R., Asst. 

Adjt. Gen., 139. 
French, Judge Asa, 151. 
Frothingham, Lieut. Gov. Louis 

A., 317. 
Frothingham, Rev. Paul Revere, 

330. 
Fruitage of the "113 Idea," 248. _ 
Frye, Gen. James A., 170, 175, 

188, 278, 279. 
Fuller, Captain Charles Mason, 

292, 319, 327. 364. 
Fuller, George W., 364. 
Funds, 42, 43, 90. 



G 



Gage, William L., Post No. 87, 

329. 
Gallagher, Hon. Charles T., 146. 



406 



INDEX 



Galloway, Judge Jake L., of Tenn., 
232. 

Galueia, Warren B., 213, 364. 

Garfield, James A., President 
U. S., Death, 84. 

Garrison, William Lloyd, 255. 

Gaskin, Edward F., 328, 364. 

Gaston, Gov. William, 62. 

Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga., 
335, 343-347. 

Gay, Captain Edward S., of Ga., 
243, 246. 

Gelray, Joseph W., 77, 203, 365. 

Georgia Minstrels, 61. 

Gerrish, James R., 365. 

Gettysburg, Battle of, 125, 156, 
286, 292, 310, 315. 

Gettysburg Semi-Centennial, 346. 

Gherardi, Admiral, U. S. N., 131, 
196. 

Gholstin, Col. Louis, 337. 

Gibbs, Rev. Dr., 284. 

Gibbs, Mrs. Ida Louise, 287. 

"Gideon's Band," 317. 

Gift from Mrs. Pickett, 317. 

Gift of Sword to Gen. Wheeler, 
189, 190, 191. 

Gihon, Col. Edward H., 312. 

Gillespie, William J., 203. 

Gilman, John E., Commander-in- 
Chief, 30, 171, 175, 180, 182. 188, 
193, 195, 196, 199, 213, 215, 216, 
249, 250, 252, 256, 296, 305, 312, 
314, 316-319, 326, 334, 394, 397. 

Gilmore's Band, 17. 

Girls' Latin School, 298, 299. 

Gleason, Captain Albert A., 30, 
291, 338, 396. 

Glee Club, English High School, 
330. 

Glee Club, School of Commerce, 
330. 

Glines, Hon. Edward J., 108, 281. 

Globe, The Boston, 161, 187. 

Gobin, John P. S., Commander-in- 
Chief, 174. 

Goldsmith, Sanford K., 365. 

Goodale, George L., Dept. Comdr., 
121, 122, 125, 134. 

Goodale, Greenleaf A., 276, 278, 
279, 282, 287, 295, 296, 303, 306, 
313, 314, 321, 327, 329, 334, 350, 
365. 



Goodrich, F. E., 62. 

Goodrich, Ira B., 90, 159, 161, 162, 
167, 173, 177, 178, 180, 185, 187, 
192, 195, 197, 199, 203, 205, 210, 
215, 221, 249, 252, 264, 276, 289, 
296, 306, 314, 321, 329, 334, 365, 
366. 

Goodrich, Ira B., Jr., 261. 

Goodwin, Captain Elijah H., 261. 

Gordon, Rev. George A., 116, 118, 
351. 

Gordon, John, 327. 

Gordon, Gen. John B., ex-Con- 
federate, 163, 164, 221, 340. 

Gorges, A. C, Med. Director, U. 
S. N., 101. 

Governor Draper's Reception, 315. 

Gragg, Captain Isaac P., 319. 

Grand Army again in Favor, 87, 94. 

Grand Army declining ; Reorgani- 
zation and Growth, 2, 3. 87. 

Grand Army Glee Club, 50, 51. 

Grand Army of the Republic, 1 ; 
Origin, Objects, and Growth, 2, 3. 

Grand Duke Alexis, 38. 

Grand Joint Banquet at Phila., 
193. 

Grand Parade Encampment of 
1890, 131. 

Grant Chair, 22. 

Grant, Gen. Frederick D., 267. 

Grant, Lieut. Gen. U. S., U. S. A., 
21, 38, 105, 107, 139, 160, 175, 

202, 239, 244, 315. 
Gratwick, Major G. F., of Eng- 
land, 301. 

Graves, Dr. Frank W., 180, 199, 

203, 366. 

Graves, George H., 90, 205. 210, 
215, 220, 222, 227, 233, 249, 251, 
296, 306, 314, 321, 329, 334, 366. 

Great Boston Fire, 48. 

Greelev, Gen. A. W., U. S. A., 130. 

Green, Major, 86, 87, 121. 

Greenhalge, Gov. Frederick T., 
134, 156, 162, 163, 165. 

Greenough, Captain G. G., U. S. 
A., 101, 108. 

Gregg, Rev. David, D.D., 111, 113, 
351. 

Greig, Theodore W., Adjt. Post 
No. 140, N. Y., 127. 

Grew, Henry, School, 339. 



INDEX 



407 



Griggs, Edward W., 45, 366. 
Grosvenor, Gen. Charles H., 206, 

207, 352, 397. 
Guild, Curtis, Sr., 146. 
Guild, Curtis, Jr., Gov., 26,140, 

175, 201, 218, 240, 276, 278, 281, 

283, 284, 300. 
Guild, William H., 303, 366. 
Guver, George H., 296, 305, 314, 

321, 329, 366. 
Gwinn, Thomas H., 5, 6, 18, 366. 



H 



Haldeman, Cyrus S., 77, 80, 86, 

95, 366. 
Hale, Rev. Edward Everett, D.D., 

68, 146, 216. 351, 352. 
Hale, General Irving, 211. 
Hall of Flags, 309, 330, 338, 345. 
Hall, Captain A. E., 309. 
Hall, Eli W., Dept. Comdr.. 152. 
Hall, George F., Ill, 115, 120, 122, 

124, 133, 136, 137, 141-145, 148, 

164, 213, 215, 220, 222, 225, 291, 

311,338, 367. 
Halladav, Charles S., 50, 367. 
Hallett, Daniel B., 367. 
Hamblin, B. Harold, 338. 
Hamilton, Alexander, 234. 
Hamilton, Rev. Frederick W., 

D.D., 188, 211, 216, 217, 222, 

256, 283, 290, 291, 310, 325, 326, 

331, 352, 394, 395. 
Hamilton, J. C. L., Post No. 140, 

N. Y., 134. 
Hammond, John Hays, 332, 395. 
Hancock, John, 233. 
Hancock, W. E., 1st Sergeant, 

337. 
Hancock, General W. S., 107, 

125. 
Hanson, Charles P., 367. 
Hapgood, Col. Charles E., 276. 
Harper, Rev. Cecil, 311. 
Harrington, Col., 7th Regt. Infy., 

17. 
Harrington, Frederick A., 295, 367. 
Harrington, Samuel, 146, 150, 

155-158, 163, 165. 367. 
Harris, James G., 146, 150, 155. 

159, 164, 166, 167, 169-171, 196, 

200, 367. 



Harrison, Benjamin, President U. 

S., 128. 
Hart, Mayor Thomas N., 121, 125, 

126, 130, 132, 134, 202, 395. 
Harvard Chorus, 184. 
Harvard Quartette, 294, 323. 
Harvard University, 189. 
Haseltine, Francis S., 148, 367. 
Haskell, Col. Edward H., 273, 276. 
Hathaway, George H., 368. 
Hawes, John A., Dept. Comdr., 

77. 
Hawkins, Gardner C, 142, 368. 
Hawkins, Paul R., Comdr. Span- 
ish Veterans, 217. 
Hawlev, Fred T., Post No. 40, 

142, 143. 
Hawthorn Musical Club, 206. 
Hay, Clarence E., 168. 
Haves, Rutherford B., President 

U. S., 171. 
Havnes. William J., St. Louis, 

Mo., 142. 
Headquarters, 10, 46. 47, 52, 55, 

65, 82, 88. 100, 103, 116, 120, 

126, 167, 325, 365. 
Hemphill, Captain, U. S. N., 193. 
Henry, George E., 10, 38, 42, 45, 

77, 205, 210, 211, 215-218, 

222, 225, 249, 250, 252, 294, 295, 

368. 
Henrv's Orchestra, 157, 170. 
HenrV, Patrick, 234. 
Henrv, Thomas W.. 131. 
Herald, The Boston, 186. 
Hereford, Rev. Brooke, 100,351. 
Herkner, Henrv F., Q. M. Post 

No. 140, N. Y., 127. 
Hersev, Albert W., 10, 31, 38, 40. 

45, 46, 66, 72, 74, 75, 77-80, 

90, 93, 99, 103, 106, 122, 133, 

180, 199, 205, 210, 215, 221, 249, 

252, 264, 289, 296, 303, 306, 

314, 321, 329, 334, 368. 
Hibbard, Mayor George A., 301. 
Higginson, Col. Thomas W., 75, 

76, 287 351. 
High School (English) Glee Club, 

330. 
Hill, T. H., 78. 

Hill, Captain William A., 278. 
Hilton. J. H., 17. 
Hilton, James M., 205, 303, 369. 



408 



INDEX 



Hinman, Rev. F. H., iry2. 
Hiscoek, LoweU B., 9-11, 14, 18, 

31, 34, 38, 40, 77, 350. 369. 
Hiscoek, Mrs. Lowell B., 34. 
Historic Memorial Day, 335, 345- 

347. 
Hoar, Hon. Sherman, 134, 152. 
Hoard, Gov., Wisconsin, 131. 
Hodgdon, Dr. Caleb W., 106, 111, 

115, 120, 122, 124, 133, 136, 218, 

350, 369. 

Hoes, Chaplain, U. S. N., 188, 201, 
352, 397. 

HoUis, J. Edward, 9, 10, 14, 15, 
18, 31, 33, 35, 37, 42, 45, 50, 51, 
52, 55, 60, 62, 63, 65, 69, 72, 75, 
80, 86, 90, 93, 99, 103, 106, 111, 
118, 122, 123, 133, 146, 156, 1.57, 
167, 196, 198, 199, 369. 

Hollis Street Church, 104. 

Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, 
181. 

Holton, Eugene A., 369. 

Hooker, Mrs. Carrie, 222. 

Hooker, General Joseph, 126, 171, 
217, 255, 286, 313. 

Hooker Brigade, 177. 

Hooper, Arthur, 159, 167, 173, 177, 
180, 199, 205, 210, 215, 220, 252, 
264, 289, 295, 296, 305, 314, 321, 
329, 332, 334, 369. 

Hooper, Samuel, 285. 

Hooper, Thomas, 333. 

Hopkins, Charles A., 201, 369. 

Hopkins, George H., Adjt. Gen. 
G. A. R., 122. 

Horton, Rev. Edward A., 26-30, 
77, 94, 103, 105-108, 111-113, 
115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 124, 129, 
134, 136, 137, 141, 146, 147, 1.50, 
151, 1.55-157, 159, 161, 162, 167, 
170, 173, 174, 177, 178, 180, 181, 
188, 196, 197, 199, 201, 205, 208, 
210, 211, 215, 216, 220, 222, 240, 
249, 252, 253, 258, 260, 264, 282, 
289, 291, 293, 296, 299, 305, 308, 
314, 316, 318, 321, 329, 334, 349, 

351, 370. 

Horton, Miss (daughter Rev. E. 

A. H.), 168. 
Hoslev, George A., Dept. Comdr., 

329, 331. 
Houghton, Bryan R., 181, 248, 370. 



Hovey, Rev. Alvah T., 165. 

Hovey, Charles H., 18. 

Hovev, Solomon, .Jr., 9, 13, 35, 55, 

66, 72, 101, 350, 370. 
Howard, Davis W., 161, 292, 370. 
Howard, Gen. OUver O., U. S. A., 

139, 140, 141, 155, 156, 268, 

276, 3 1. 
Howard, Nathaniel T., Post No. 2., 

208. 
Howe, Benjamin S., 370. 
Howe, Captain, U. S. A., 95. 
Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, 184, 185, 

308. 
Howells. Captain, U. S. A., 283. 
Rowland, Charles C, 171, 370. 
Howland, Hon. Willard, 132. 
Hugh O'Brien School, 339. 
Huhn, John D., ex-Confederate, 

181. 
Hume, Harrison, 118. 
Hunt, Rev. Earnest R., 293. 
Huntington, Archer, of N. Y., 268. 
Hutchings, Col. William V., 69, 370. 



I 



Incident, A Touching, 19. 
Indians in Civil War, 312. 
Ingalls, Joseph A., 77, 200, 203, 

371. 
Innis, George H., Dept. Comdr., 

132. 
Ireland, Archbishop, 253. 
Ireland, William Carleton, 122, 

124, 133, 136, 150, 155, 159, 161- 

163, 165, 283, 371. 
Irvin, George C, 371. 



Jackson, Floyd, Dept. Comdr. of 

N. Y., 139. 
Jackson, General Stonewall, 319. 
Jackson, William H., 371. 
Jacobs, Augustus, 93, 99, 103, 106, 

111, 115, 120, 122, 123, 133, 371. 
Jefferson, Thomas, 234. 
Jewell, Captain, U. S. N., 193. 
Jewell, Hon. Harvey, 33. 
Joel, Inspector Gen. of N. Y., 52. 
Johnson, Herbert, 184, 201, 208, 

222. 



INDEX 



409 



Johnson, Thomas, 95. 
Johnson, W. C, Commander-in- 
Chief, 193. 
Johnson, William Henry, of S. C, 

233. 
Joint Banquet at Phila., 193. 
Jones, Captain Boiling H., 337. 
Jones, Charles A., 313. 
Jones, Edward J., 26, 63, 75, 77, 

213, 218, 250, 261, 273-275, 287, 

288, 290, 350, 371. 
Jones, G. W., Post No. 140, N. Y., 

142. 
Jones, H., 1st Sergeant, 337. 
Jones, Meredith L., S. V. C. Post 

No. 140, N. Y., 127. 
.Jones, Paul, 137. 
Jordan, Augustus C, 264, 371. 
Journal, The Boston, 18, 162, 

186. 
Judd, Dwight O., Dept. Comdr., 

212, 213, 215. 
Julian, George N., 372. 

K 

Kanan, M. F., Commander First 

Post G. A. R., 2. 
Kappa's 7th Regt. Band, 127. 
Keach, Prof. Leon, 147. 
Kearney, Gen. Phil., 152, 255. 
Kearsarge Naval Assn., 195, 223. 
Keith, B. F., 175. 
Kellett, Major William W., Ill, 

121. 
Kendall, Captain Albert S., 337. 
Kendall, Captain Joseph R., 175. 
Kendricken, Paul H., 26, 133, 147, 

199, 200-203, 205, 208. 210, 

215, 222, 249, 276, 288, 372. 
Kent, General, 268. 
"Kettle Drum" for Soldiers' 

Home, 100. 
Keyes, Prof., 165. 
Kidder, Mr., 146. 
KildufY, Miss Blanch H., Soloist, 

298. 299. 
Kimball, Captain, U. S. A., 283. 
Kimball, John W., Dept. Comdr., 

177, 178. 
King, Major Frederiek G., 125. 
King, Gen. Horatio C, 323, 335 

352. 



King, Gen. John R., Commander- 
in-Chief, 25, 259, 260. 
King's Chapel, 52, 71. 
Kingsbury, Isaac F., 78. 
Kinsley, Alfred H., 333, 372. 
Kinsley Associates, 26, 191, 192, 
196,'200, 206, 290, 307-309, 338, 
342, 345. 
Kinsley Associate Members, 395, 

396. 
Kinsley, Mrs. Carista A., Death 

of, 203. 
Kinsley, Edward W. (Godfather 
of Post), 6, 7, 10, 17, 32, 35, 41, 
50, 54, 57, 62, 66, 74, 78, 84, 
100, 105, 107, 108, 113, 121, 122, 
125, 131, 133, 134, 136, 143, 144, 
146, 155, 203, 351, 372. 
Kinsley Glee Club, 203, 206. 
Kinsley Honorary Associate Mem- 
bers', 396, 397. 
Kinsley Life Associate Members, 

396. 
Kinsley, Meade and Lafayette 

Posts at Phila., 194. 
Kinsley Post Button, 330. 
Kinsley Quartette, 250, 251. 
Knight, Alfred J., 296, 305, 314, 

319. 372. 
Knowles, Mrs. F. W., 107. 
Knowles, Mrs. H. F., 68. 
Knowles, T. W., 107. 
Koppman, Dominicus, 203, 372. 
Kountz, John S., Commander-in- 
Chief, 100. 
Kramer, Captain, ex-Confederate, 
331. 

L 

Ladies' Aid Society, 148, 298. 
Ladies' Night, 150. 
Lafayette and Kinsley, 233. 
Lafayette Glee Club, 140. 
LafaVette Post No. 140, N. Y., 

127, 129, 140, 233, 332. 
Lake, Captain Charles H., 338. 
Lakeman, M. B., 10, 47, 372. 
Lamb, Col. Wilson G., of N. C, 

232. 
Landrabbe, Miss Julia, 340. 
Landy. Luke R., 45, 57, 60, 66, 72, 

77, 372, 373. 
Lane, Hon. Jonathan, 146. 



410 



INDEX 



Langer, Louise P., Commander 

Post No. 1, Phila., Pa., 139, 141. 
Langston Guard of Norfolk, Va., 

77. 
Lathrop, Rev. John, 216. 
Lauriat, Louis A., 5, 373. 
Lawi-ence, Bishop, 300. 
Lawson, Thomas W., 203, 394, 396. 
Leary, Lieut., U. S. A., 101. 
Leatiierbee, James D., 146, 148, 

151, 199, 210, 215, 217, 220, 296, 

305, 314, 321, 329, 331, 333, 334, 

373. 
Lee, Gen. FitzHugh, 261. 
Lee, Gen. Horace C, 32, 373. 
Lee, John H., 152. 
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 21, 160, 165, 

177, 180, 202, 239, 244, 315. 
Lee, R. E., Camp Confederate 

Veterans, 112. 
Lee, Col. Stephen D., of Miss., 230. 
Leland, Daniel T. S., 373. 
Le Roy, The Illusionist, 143. 
Lesseps, Count Ferdinand de, 70, 

71. 
Lewis, John B., Jr., 261, 287, 289, 

291, 296, 305, 314, 321, 326, 329, 

334, 350, 373. 
Lewis, Prof. Leo R., 283. 
Libby, R. L., 62. 
"Light Battery Experience at 

Gettysburg," '319. 
Linares, Lieut. Gen., 270. 
Lincoln, Abraham, President U. 

S., 7, 134, 143, 144, 161, 255, 

256, 285, 294, 308, 315. 
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, Memorial 

Fund, 333. 
Lincohi Day, 308, 312. 
Lincoln, Francis H., 291. 
Lincoln, Mayor Frederick W., 146. 
Lincoln School, 330, 339, 340. 
Lincoln University Endowment 

Assn., 333. 
Lissak, Lieut., U. S. A., 95. 
Little, Joseph J., Comdr. Lafayette 

Post, 223, 241. 
Livermore, Mrs. Mary A., 137, 351. 
Livingston, Col., U. S. A., 108. 
Lodge, Hon. Henry Cabot, 100, 

105, 118, 300. 
Logan, Captain John A., U. S. A., 

208. 



Logan, Gen. John A., 33, 156, 208. 
Long, Gov. John D., 23, 26, 75, 76, 

78, 83, 84, 88, 131, 155, 165, 174, 

189, 196, 249, 275, 282, 308, 311, 

312, 351, 352, 397. 
Longley, Edwin P., 313, 350, 373. 
Lord, Miss Annie H., 107. 
Lorimer, Rev. George C, 171, 

173, 207. 
Lotus Glee Club, 84, 86. 
Lotus Male Quartette, 317. 
Loud, Gen. George B., 295. 
Lovejoy, WiUiam S., 171, 373. 
Loving Cup, Kinslev to Lafayette, 

142. 
Loving Cup, Lafayette to Kinsley, 

134,240. 
Lowell Island, 17. 
Lowell, James Russell, 65. 
Lowell Orchestral Club, 338, 339. 
Loyal Legion, 181, 274, 277, 278, 

282, 291, 311, 344. 
Lyford, James O., Naval Officer, 

'208. 
Lyle, Captain, U. S. A., 108. 



M 



MacMillan, D. H., 327. 
McCarthy, Dennis, Irish poet, 

312. 
McCarthy, Jeremiah J., 276. 
McCausland, Frederick S., 374. 
McClellan, Gen. George B., 107. 
McComb, D. B., Chief Engineer, 

U. S. N., 108. 
McDowell, Gen. Irvin, 107. 
McFarland, Edwin C, 205, 375. 
McHugh, Master Joseph A., 298, 

299. 
McKesson, John, of N. Y., 268. 
McKinley, William, President U. 

S., 131, 132, 171, 193, 194, 201, 

207, 241, 257, 270. 
McLaughlin, James M., 338, 339. 

394, 397. 
McMurdie, of 53d Pa. Infy., 

buried by Post, 203. 
McMurtrie, Horace, 85, 375. 
McNair, John, 95. 
McQuade, General, 325. 
Magnitzky, Gustave, 319, 373, 374. 
"Mahogany Banquet Hall," 341. 



INDEX 



411 



Malone, Dana. 282. 

Manhattan Athletic Club, N. Y., 
140. 

Mansfield, Gen. Samuel M., 278. 

Marden, George A., 134, 212. 

Marion, Horace E., M.D., 77, 220, 
223, 249, 250, 252, 264, 289, 296, 
305, 314, 321, 329, 332, 334, 374. 

Martin, Gen. Augustus P., 66, 72, 
77, 83, 100, 151, 152, 157, 170, 
178, 202, 208, 213. 

Martin, James A., 114, 374. 

Martin, Master John, 330. 

Mather School, 323. 

Mathews, Thomas R., 50, 55, 60, 
63, 72, 77, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, 88- 
93, 99, 103, 105, 106, 122, 133, 
146, 150, 151, 157, 174, 211, 212, 
217, 278, 279, 291, 308, 315, 351, 
374. 

Mattocks, Gen. Charles P., 211, 
217, 352. 

Maxam, Lowell M., 374. 

Mayers, Mrs., 34. 

Mayflower Club, 189. 

Maynard, Frederick D.. 374. 

Maj^o, Captain Elmer F., Life 
Saver, 206. 

Meade, Gen. George G., 125. 

Meade, Kinslev and Lafayette, 
139. 

Medal of Honor Legion. 25. 

Medford Band. 64, 72, 75, 76. 

Meeter, Captain. U. S. M. C, 101. 

Melville. Admiral, 193. 

Members Post No. 113, 353. 

Membership, Restriction Removed, 
200. 

Memorial Day a Legal Holiday, 
83. 

Memorial Day at Hingham, 76. 

Memorial Dav Observances, 14, 
16, 34, 41, 46, 51, 56, 61, 64, 68, 
72, 75, 76, 83, 87, 93, 94, 99, 
104, 106, 111, 116, 121, 125, 136, 
146, 151, 155, 159, 168, 173, 177, 
184, 201, 206, 211, 216, 222, 275, 
290, 297, 309, 316, 322. 330, 335. 

Memorial Day Orators, 351, 352. 

Memorial to President McKinley, 
207. 

Memorial Service to Past Comdr. 
Pope, 311. 



Memorials, Change of, 168. 
Memorial Services, Tablet Warren 

St. Chapel, 104. 
Memorial Window to Gen. Ed- 
mund Rico, 308. 
Mendelhall, Col., U. S. A., 101. 
Mendelssohn Club, 105, 107, 113, 

116, 147, 161. 
Meredith, Rev. Ernest, 325. 
Merrill, Major George S., Com- 
mander-in-Chief, 57, 84, 86, 89, 

113, 122. 139. 
Meserve, Isaac H., 77, 375. 
Messinger, Elmar A., 93, 99, 103, 

106, 111, 115, 120, 124, 136, 146, 

1.50, 1.55, 159, 167, 173, 177, 180, 

202, 375. 
Metropolitan Band, 46, 51. 
Miles, Lieut. Gen. Nelson A., 1.59, 

160, 161-163, 171, 184, 2.58, 277. 

351, 397. 
Milford Brass Band, 61. 
Military Club, 112, 116, 120. 
Millar, William K., 77, 86, 118, 

148, 375. 
Millmore, Martin, 64, 66, 72, 87. 
Mitchell, George E., 210, 260, 264, 

289, 293, 315, 316, 328, 3.50, 375. 
Model Memorial Service, 298. 
Monster Camp Fire of 1890, 132. 
Monster Camp Fire of 1904, 223. 
Montgomery Light Guards, 14. 
Moore, H. O., Asst. Adjt. Gen. 

G. A. R., 153, 157, 164, 175. 
Moran, D. Comvn, Post No. 140, 

N. Y., 136. 
Morris, Lieut.-Col., U. S. A., 207. 
Morse, Jacob, 251. 
Morse, Hon. Leopold, 94, 100, 108. 

113. 
Morse, Hon. William A., 325, 341, 

342. 352, 396. 
Morsell. Herndon, 142. 
Mosbv, Col. .John S., 275, 287, 332. 
Moss, Frank P., 177, 180, 2.52, 264, 

287, 289, 294, 303, 350, 376. 
Moulson, Orson, 5, 9, 376. 
Mounted Escort by Post, 1890, 

131. 
Mozart (Ladies) Quartette, 292, 

307. 
Mudge, Charles E., 5, 6. 9, 376. 
Mulholland, Gen. St. Clair A., 139. 



412 



INDEX 



Munroe, Asst. Adjt. Gen., 95, 105, 

108. 
Munroe, Carl G., ex-Confederate, 

181. 
Munroe. Martin A., 346, 376. 
Murdoek, James E., 113, 126. 
Murdock, William E., 314, 321, 

327, 350, 376. 
Murphy, Patrick H., Post No. 

140, N. Y., 223. 
Murray, Judge Michael J., 301. 
Murray, Rev. W. H. H., 47, 121, 

351. 
Murrell, 2d Lieut. J. W., 337. 
Myers, Rev. Courtland, 322. 
Myers, Hon. James J., 202, 211, 

216, 222, 300, 318, 325, 326, 394, 

396. 



N 



Napier, Captain George M., 337. 

Nash, Charles D., Dept. Comdr., 
113. 

National Encampment, 1871, Bos- 
ton, 33. 

National Encampment, 1890, Bos- 
ton, 122, 127. 

National Encampment, 1899, 
Phila., 192. 

National Encampment, 1902, 
Washington, 212. 

National Encampment, 1904, 
Boston, 222. 

National Encampment, 1906, Min- 
neapolis, Wis., 287. 

National Lancers, 290, 311, 327. 

Neal, WiUiam H., 146, 295, 376. 

Neale, Otis S., 136, 179, 377. 

Negro Folk-lore, 306. 

Nevius, Gen. Henry K., Com- 
mander-in-Chief, 301, 302. 

Niebuhr, Caleb E., 10, 118, 377. 

Nineteenth Regt. Assn., 278. 

Ninth Regt. Infy., 14. 

Noble, Hon., Secty. of Interior, 
131. 

Normandie, Rev. James de, 107, 
111, 351. 

Norris, Thomas H., 134. 

North, James N., 167, 173, 177, 
199, 287, 377. 

"Nothing but Flags," 309, 330. 



Noves, Benjamin, 103, 106, 251, 

377. 
Noves, Nicholas N., 40, 51, 118, 

377. 
Nugent, Gen. Robert, U. S. A., 131. 



O 



O'Brien, Hugh, School, 339. 

O'Brien, Mavor Hugh, 105, 108, 
113. 

O'Brien, R. E., 9, 18, 378. 

OBrion, Thomas L., 93, 99, 103, 
106, 377. 

O'Connell, Cardinal, 300. 

Old Bugle Calls, 242. 

Old Experiment revived — Din- 
ners, 116. 

" Old Glory," 25, 225. 

"Old Glory," in a Confederate 
Home, 331. 

"Old Guard " of Atlanta, Ga., 335, 

337, 338, 340, 341, 343, 344, 
347. 

"Old Guard," Officers of, Atlanta, 

Ga.,337. 
Olin, Col. William M., 26, 142, 

147, 173, 175, 205, 208, 216, 252, 

260, 293, 296, 302, 305, 312, 314, 

328, 394. 
"Olin's Gang," 260, 276, 317. 
Oliver Wendell Holmes School, 

338, 339. 

"One Hundred Thirteen Idea," 335. 

O'Neil, Miss Alice, 203. 

Oration of Gen. Sargent, First 

Monument Service, 67. 
Orators, Memorial Day, 351, 352. 
Orchestra, English High School, 

330. 
Orcutt, Frank E., 125, 332, 334, 

338, 378. 
Organization, Permanent, of Post, 

9-11. 
Orpheus Musical Society, 17. 
Osborn, Francis A., Dept. Comdr., 

5. 
Osborne, William M., 125, 126, 

213, 378. 
O'Shea, John, 309. 
Otis, Mrs. Harrison Gray, 322, 

340. 
"Our Country's Cause," 331. 



INDEX 



413 



Page, Cvrus A., 156. 

Page, John W.. 319. 378. 

Page, William C, .55, 378. 

Paine, George F. D., 378. 

Palfrey, W. F., 41, .58, 378. 

Palmer, Rev. Abram J., 165. 

Palmer, John, Commander-in- 
Chief, 148. 

Palmer, Mayor, 93. 

Palmer, Gen. William J., 295. 

Panama Canal, 292. 

Parade, G. A. R., 1899, Phila., Pa., 
193. 

Park Street Church, 47. 

Park, William, 305, 314, 319, 321, 
325, 326, 328, 332, 378. 

Parker, Bowdoin S., 77, 93. 99, 103, 
106, 122, 133, 161, 162, 165, 199, 
205, 210, 215, 218, 221, 223-225, 
248, 252. 264, 266, 267, 278, 279, 
287, 289, 291, 294, 296, 300-302, 
304-307, 314, 319, 321, 329, 334, 
338, 379. 

Parker, Commander, U. S. N., 
268. 

Parker, Charles S., 134. 

Parker, Charles W.. 134. 

Parker, Lieut. David B.. 318. 

Parker, Hon. Herbert, 260. 

Parker, John L., Dept. Comdr., 
161, 312. 

Parker, Torrance, 318. 

Parker, Walter S., 155. 

Parrius, Dr., of N. Y., 268. 

Parsons, Col. Joseph B., 156. 

Patch, Charles A., Post No. 4, 
174. 

Patch, George H., Dept. Comdr., 
87, 89. 

Patriots' Day, 200, 216, 297, 330. 

Patterson, Col. Josiah, of Tenn., 
238. 

Patterson, Col. Robert H., U. S. 
A., 208, 312, 316, 325. 

Paul Jones School, 298, 299. 

Peach, Gen. Beniamin F., 101, 108. 

Pear, Charles M.. 394, 396. 

Pease, Albion P., 305, 314-317, 
320, 379. 

Perkins, George T., 50, 55, 60, 63, 
72, 75, 78, 379. 



Perkins, H. S., 10, 379. 
Perkins, J. M., 153. 
Perrin, Rev. George L., 121, 122. 
Pfaff, Gen. Charles, 175, 178, .396. 
Pfleuger, Carl, HI, 113. 118, 122, 

126, 134, 139, 142, 147, 153, 207. 
Phila. Excursion, 39th Natl. En- 
campment, 192, 193. 
Phillips, Mrs. Elizabeth Under- 
wood, 317. 
Phillips, George C, 60, 63, 114,379. 
Phillips, Wendell, 255. 
Phil. Sheridan Post, Boise, Ida., 

258. 
Photographs, 63. 
Pickett, Gen. George E., 310, 318. 

340. 
Pickett, Mrs. La Salle Corbell, 

306, 307, 310, 315, 317, 320, 326, 

340, 352. 
Pierce, Charles E., 199, 205, 249, 

303, 321, 379, 380. 
Pierce, Henry B., 13, 54, 57, 65. 
Pierce, Hon. Henry L., 62. 
Pierce, Major, 66. 
Pillsbury, Hon. Albert E., 107. 
Piorkowski, Captain A. C, Ger- 
man Army, 108, 130. 
Poems of Chaplain Horton, 28-30, 

129, 130. 
Polk. Dr. William M., of N. Y., 

268. 
Pollard and Leighton, 17. 
Pond, Albert C, 171, 380. 
Pope, Albert A., 77, 161, 162, 165, 

210-212, 214, 223, 311, 313, 380. 
Pope Memorial Church, 311. 
Porter, Col. Charles H., 291. 
Porter, James M.. 380. 
Posts of the Grand Army : — 

No. 1, Decatur, 111., 'l42. 

No. 1, Phila., Pa., 138, 139, 192. 

No. 1, Mass., 1, 4. 

No. 2, Mass., 83, 93, 104, 208. 

No. 3 and 4, Mo., 320. 

No. 4, Mass., 174. 

No. 5, Mass., 142, 195. 

No. 7, Mass., 16, 20, 93, 203. 

No. 8, Mass., 200. 

No. 9, Mass., 197. 

No. 10, Mass., 4, 44, 148, 178, 
213, 320. 

No. 10, Maine, 320. 



414 



INDEX 



No. 11, Mass., 83, 152, 320, 

329. 
No. 15, Mass., 4, 6, 15, 16. 17, 

19, 20, 22, 39, 44, 47, 58, 62, 

83, 93. 313. 
No. 19, Mass., 177. 
No. 21, Mass., 83, 93. 
No. 23, Mass., 20. 
No. 26, Mass., 6, 16, 17, 20, 39, 

51, 142, 163, 165, 205, 215. 316, 

317, 334. 
No. 30, Mass., 52, 197. 
No. 32, Mass., 16, 20, 93. 
No. 36, Mass., 317. 
No. 40, Mass., 47, 142, 143. 
No. 58, Mass., 76. 
No. 62, Mass., 134, 197, 200, 

210, 250. 
No. 68, Mass., 83, 93, 100, 123. 
No. 71, Mass., 200. 
No. 87, Mass., 329. 
No. 104, Mass., 76. 
No. 112, Mass., 76. 
No. 113, Mass., Origin, Charter, 

Organization, 4-8 ; Notable 

Events, 12-17, 26, 47, 55, 57. 

64, 69, 73, 76, 77, 80-83, 87, 

93-95, 115, 124, 127-131, 138- 

141, 147, 162, 167, 182, 184. 

189, 191, 192, 193, 195, 212. 

221-248, 266, 273, 275-278, 

282, 283, 292, 299, 301, 302. 

308, 315, 317, 331. 335, 338, 

340, 345-348, 350, 393. 
No. 113 Badge, 147. 
"No. 113 Idea," 335. 
No. 113 Roster, 353. 
No. 121. Mass., 218. 
No. 134, Mass., 83, 93, 261. 
No. 140, N. Y., 105, 127, 128, 

134, 138, 139-143, 147, 148. 

152, 153, 156, 157, 163, 164. 

175, 178, 192, 194. 202, 223, 

227, 233. 238, 239, 241, 242, 

244, 250, 332. 
No. 149. Mass., 83. 93. 
No. 161, Mass., 251. 
No. 191, Mass., 118, 2.50, 288. 
Post Badge, 147. 
Post Ceremonies, 11. 
Post Equipment, 11. 
Post First Organized in U. S., 2. 
Post Fund, 43. 



Post Headquarters Destroyed by 

Fire, 46. 
Post Home, 260, 265. 
Post "Moses," 262. 
Post Name, 6. 
Post No. 113 Honored, 248. 
Post's Opportunity, 124. 
Post Triplets, 192! 
Post Uniform, 126, 181. 
Powell, Gen. William H., 21. 
Powers, Hon. Samuel L., 207, 342, 

397. 
Pratt, Charles E., 84, 86, 87, 89. 

351. 
Preble, Asst. Adjt. Gen. G. A. R., 

216. 
Precedent, Force of, 95. 
Presentation of Badge to Com- 
mander Atwood, 41. 
Presentation of Badge to Comrade 

Jacobs, 123. 
Presentation of Colors by T. W. 

Lawson, 203. 
Presentation of Flag, 33. 
Presentation of Flag by Miss 

Alice O'Neil, 203. 
Presentation of Sword to General 

Wheeler, 189, 190. 
Presentation to Comrade Hall, 213. 
Press Comments on Visit of "Old 

Guard," 344. 
Press Notices on Gen. Edmund 

Rice, 280, 281. 
Press Notices on Gen. Wheeler, 

269-272. 
Press on Gettysburg Semi-Centen- 

nial, 346. 
Prichard, Henry M., 50, 55, 380. 
Prince, Mayor Frederick O., 72 

75, 76, 78, 83, 84, 274. 
Prince Grammar School, 309. 
Prisoners of War, Parade, 223. 
Proctor, Hon., Secretary of War. 

131. 
"Pro^ddence Spring," 301. 
Pullen, John F., 340. 
Pulsifer, Col. R. M., 74. 
Putnam, C. W., Post No. 10, 148. 
Putnam, John C, 57, 74, 380. 
Putnam, Nathaniel M., 63, 66, 75, 

143, 380. 
Putnam, Samuel P., Asst. Inspec- 
tor, 303. 



INDEX 



415 



Q 



Quinev, Mavor Josiah, 170, 171, 

174^^ 178, 183, 188, 189. 190. 
Quint, Rev., Chaplain, 69. 



R 



Rand, Col. Arnold A., 86, 146, 

147, 344. 
Randall, Col., U. S. A., 65. 
Ranney, Hon. A. A., 100. 
Raymond, Major, U. S. A., 95. 
Read, Captain John, 212, 216. 
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 160. 
Reade, Gen. PhiUp, U. S. A. 

(retired), 303, 318, 326. 
Reception to Commander-in-Chief 

Adams, 152. 
Reception to Gen. Black, 113. 
Reception to Past Commander 

Blackmar, 200, 205, 210. 
Reception to Commander-in-Chief 

Blackmar, 249. 
Reception to Samuel S. Burditt, 

104. 
Reception of Colors, 252, 299. 
Reception of Gov. Draper, 315. 
Reception to John E. Gilman, 196, 

316. 
Reception of Mr. and Mrs. 

Kinsley, 125. 
Reception to John S. Kountz, 100. 
Reception to Lafayette Post, 127. 
Reception to George S. Merrill, 86. 
Reception in New Headquarters, 

292. 
Reception to Mrs. Pickett, 307, 

315. 
Reception to Gen. Louis Wagner, 

82. 
Reception to Gen. Wheeler, 183, 

187, 189. 
Red, White, and Blue Club. 181. 
Reddy, Joseph A., 338. 
Reding, Jack, of Kearsarge Assn., 

148. 
Reed, Charles W., 77, 93, 99. 113, 

122. 126. 128, 142. 174. 380. 
Reed, Comdr. Post No. 104, 7(). 
Reed, General. 95. 
Reed, John B., 213. 381. 
Reed, Mrs. J. Sewall, 307. 



Reed, William Garrison, 159, 164, 

381. 
Relief Fund, 42, 89, 90, 101, 213. 
Remington, Captain David T., 

279. 
Resolutions on Battleship Georgia, 

294. 
Resolutions on Mr. Kinslev by 

Lafayette Post, 143. 
Reunion of Blue and Gray, 226, 
Revere, Paul, 234. 
Reynolds, F. G., 78. 
Reynolds, Captain John P., 278. 
Reynolds, General, 125. 
Rice, Gov. Ale.xander H., 6, 14, 

23, 62, 107, 146. 
Rice, Gen. Edmund, 218, 277- 

281. 288, 308, 381. 
Rice, Mrs. Edmund, 278. 
Richards, Charles C, 381. 
Richards, Eugene H., 60, 63, 80, 
86, 89, 93, 94, 99, 101, 107, 111, 
115, 121, 122, 133, 134, 142, 156, 
157, 159, 164, 197, 283, 381. 
Richardson, Edward B., 55, 60, 63, 

66, 72, 77, 381. 
Richardson, James M., 50, 69. 381. 
Richardson, Mrs. L. F. C, 107. 
Ricker, Oliver P., 296, 305, 314, 

321, 329, 332, 334, 382. 
Ridge, F. T., Color Sergeant, 337. 
Ridgway, Charles L., 382. 
Rimbach's Band, 56. 
Roberts. Charles L., 16, 18, 19, 382. 
Roberts, William C, 5, 382. 
Robins, Mrs. E. A., 41. 
Robins, Edward B., 60, 77, 382. 
Robins, Richard, 40, 42, 327, 382. 
Robinson, Frank N., 394, 396. 
Robinson, Gov. George D., 95. 
Robinson, Henrv H.. 287, 296, 312, 

382. 
Roe, Hon. Alfred S., Dept. Comdr., 

213. 303. 
Roger Wolcott School, Flag Given 

to, 213. 339. 
Roney, George, of Phila., Pa., 139. 
Roonev. Peter J., 5, 6, 9, 18, 199, 

264, 383. 
Roosevelt, Theodore, F*resident 

U. S., 268, 300. 
Root, Sectv. of State, at Phila., 
194, 196. 



416 



INDEX 



Roster Deceased Members of Post, 
353. 

Roster of Former Members of 
Post, 353. 

Roster Kinslev Associates, 395. 

Roster Post No. 113, 1869 to 1913, 
353. 

Rowley, Rev. Francis H., D.D., 
290 291. 

Ruddick, Dr. William H., 26, 120, 
121, 124, 199, 205, 210, 215, 220, 
250, 2.52, 264, 273, 276, 277, 279, 
282, 283, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 
303 383 

Ruddick, Mrs. William H., 292. 

Ruggles Quartette, 184. 

Rusk, Hon., Secty. of Agriculture, 
131. 

Russell, Dr. Charles S., ex-Con- 
federate, 165. 

Russell, Col. Harry E., 153, 396. 

Russell, Hon. Thomas, 10. 

Russell, Gov. William E., 152. 

Rutledge, Rev. W. J., 2. 



Salute to Flag by School Children, 
299. 

Samoa, Lost Fleet of, 292. 

Sampson, Admiral, U. S. N., 193, 
201, 207. 

Sampson, Augustus N., 5, 6, 9, 10, 
14, 18, 19, 35. 40, 43, 45, 46, 48, 
55, 57, 58, 62, 66, 75, 77, 78, 80, 
84, 88, 93, 99, 106, 109, 111, 117, 
118, 120, 124, 136, 142, 147, 1.52, 
156, 157, 162, 165, 208, 383. 

Sanborn, Silas, Jr., 6, 10, 14, 40, 42, 
45, 46, 75, 77, 90, 122, 133, 333, 
350, 383, 384. 

Sanderson, Augustine, 5, 10, 14, 
31, 37, 46, 63, 77, 86, 90, 93, 99, 
103, 10.5-109, 111, 115, 118, 120, 
122. 124, 133, 136, 150, 1.55, 1.57, 
159, 165, 167, 173, 177, 180, 199, 
205, 215, 220, 2.50, 252, 264, 289, 
296, 305, .306, 313, 384. 

Sanford, Alpheus, 163. 

Sanford, Baalis, 26. 

Sargent, Gen. Horace Binney, 58, 
62, 66, 67, 182, 351. 



Savage, Rev. Minot J., 56, 72, 

113, 121, 125, 126, 128, 131, 159, 

351. 
Savory, George E., 264, 289, 296, 

384. 
Sawin, George A., 5, 18, 72, 75, 80, 

86, 93, 99, 111, 115, 117, 120- 

122, 124, 126, 128, 133, 135, 217, 

252, 291, 384. 
Sawyer, Henry N., 333. 
Sawyer, Horace A., 95. 
Sayward, William H., 95, 118, 171. 
Sciiaff, Gen. Morris, 331. 
Schlev, Commander Winfield G., 

U. "S. N., 131. 
Schofield, Lieut. General, 162. 
Schofield, Judge William, 218, 301. 
Schoonmaker, Col. James M., 21, 

26, 139. 
Schubert Quartette, 72, 101, 260, 

323, 330. 
Schuman, President Cornell Uni- 
versity, 194. 
Schuman Club, .52, 54, 61. 64. 
Scott, Lieut. Gen. Winfield, 161. 
Seagraves, Charles S., 5, 6, 10, 50, 

384. 
Sears, Stephen W., 46, 384. 
Sears, Captain William B., 118. 
Second Co. Coast Artillerv Corps, 

337. 
Second Unitarian Church, 26, 94, 

206, 211. 
Serapis, The, 137. 
Seventh Co. Coast Artillery Corps, 

297, 309, 322, 330. 
Seventh Regt. Infy., 17. 
Shafter, Gen., U. S. A., 188. 
Shakespeare, 95. 
Shannon, Dr. William C, U. S. A., 

108. 
Shattuek, F. R., 10, 18, 31, 33, 34, 

384. 
Shaw, Albert D., Commander-in- 
Chief, 198, 200. 
Sheldon, Judge Henry N., 26, 175, 

291, 384. 
Shepard, Col., Post No. 140. N. Y., 

175. 
Shepard, Col. W. E., 1.53. 
Sheridan, Gen. George A., 113. 
Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., 1,21,255. 
Sheridan, William E., 32, 48, 384. 



INDEX 



417 



Sherman. Gen. William T., 131, 

132, 286. 
Sherwin. Thomas, 5. 
Shuman, A., 312, 394. 396. 
Siblev, Gen. Henry R., 54. 
Sibley, Lieut., U. S. A., 283. 
Sickles, Gen. Daniel E., 121. 

125, 126, 128, 130, 132, 326.351. 
Sickles, George Stanton, 125. 
Siege of Knoxville, Tenn., 327. 
Siege of Yorktown, Incidents of, 

330. 
Sigsbee, Captain, U. S. N., 193. 
Simmons, William A., 62, 65, 69, 

78, 84, 384. 
Simpson, James M., 329, 330, 334, 

338, 384, 385. 
Simpson, John M., 393, 396. 
Simpson, Col. John N., of Texas, 

2.32. 
Sketch of Edward W. Kinsley, 143. 
Sketches of Past Commanders : — 

Wilmon W. Blackmar, 20. 

J. Edward HoUis, 35. 

Cornelius G. Attwood, 44. 

Augustus N. Sampson, 48. 

J. Waldo Denny, 52. 

Nathan Appleton, 69. 

Albert W. Hersey, 78. 

Thomas R. Mathews, 91. 

Eugene H. Richards, 101. 

Augustine Sanderson, 109. 

Austin C. Wellington, 118. 

George A. SaAvnn, 135. 

George F. Hall, 144. 

John H. Cook, 148. 

Cranmore N. Wallace, 153. 

Samuel Harrington, 158. 

William Carleton Ireland, 165. 

James G. Harris, 171. 

Charles Clark Adams, 175. 

Ira B. Goodrich, 197. 

Paul H. Kendricken, 203. 

John C. Cook, 208. 

Albert A. Pope, 214. 

George E. Henry, 218. 

George H. Graves, 251. 

Ephraim B. Stillings. 262. 

W^illiam H. Ruddick, 295. 

Bowdoin S. Parker, 304. 

Nathaniel Wales, 313. 

Albion P. Pease, 320. 

William Park, 328. 



James D. Leatherbee, 333. 

Alexander M. Ferris, 347. 
Small, John W., 173, 177, 180, 

199, 385. 
Small, Captain Robert, 288. 
Smith, Arthur, Dept. Comdr., 142, 

148. 
Smith, Gen. Baldv, 327. 
Smith, Fitch, of N. Y., 268. 
Smith, Hon. George E., 178, 188, 

202. 
Smith, Gen. Joseph C, 156. 
Smith, L. J., 266. 
Smith, Peter D., Dept. Comdr., 

174, 188, 201, 220. 
Smith, Rev. Samuel F., 165. 
Smith, Mrs. Sterling, of Brooklvn, 

N. Y., 266, 267. 
Smith, William P., 220. 385. 
Snedden, Dr., Board of Education, 

331. 
Sohier, Miss E. P., 189. 
Soldiers' Aid Fund, 15. 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, 

20, 38, 64, 66, 94, 99, 253, 290. 

309, 338. 
Soldiers' Home, 63, 84, 88, 100, 

104, 119, 148, 155. 
Soley, Lieut. -Commander, 150. 
Sons of the Revolution, 297. 
Sons of Veterans, 25. 294, 316, 393. 
Sortwell, Mavor of Cambridge, 

175. 
South Congregational Church. 68. 
Southard, L. H., 41. 
Southern Feeling, 245. 
Spaulding, Asst. Inspector, 52. 
Spencer, Charles H., 333, 385. 
Sprague, Waldo, Post No. 140, 

N. Y.. 142. 
Spratling, Captain E. J., 337. 
Spring, Miss. A. G., 68. 
Squire, Rollin M., 58, 62, 65. 
Stafford, Mrs. Harriet R. P., 137. 

156. 
Stafford, Lieutenant. U. S. N., 137. 
"Star-Spangled Banner," 244, 299, 

309. 
Stars and Stripes. 194, 310. 
Stars and Stripes. Original, 137, 

309. 
State House, 309. 
States, George W., 385. 



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INDEX 



Statue of Governor Andrew, 57. 
Stearns, James P., 26. 
Stephenson, Major Benjamin F., 

Founder of Grand Army, 1, 2. 
Stevens, Everett A., Post No. 11, 

152. 
Stevens, Lieut.-Col. E. G., 69. 
Stevens, J. H., 9, 18, 31, 385. 
Stevenson, General, 261. 
Stewart, Thomas J., Commander- 
in-Chief, 218. 
Stiles, C. D., Post No. 68, 123. 
Stillings, Ephraim B., 25, 122, 133, 

183, 187, 192, 196, 199, 205, 210, 

215, 220, 223, 225, 248, 249, 252, 

256-258, 260, 262, 264, 289, 291, 

296, 305, 314, 321, 329, 334, 386. 
Stillings, Henry E., 208, 257, 258, 

397. 
Stires, Rev. Ernest, of N. Y., 

268. 
Stockdale, Rev. Mr., 222. 
Stone, Gov., of Pa., 193. 
Stone, Orrin L., 218. 
Storer, Amos R., Post No. 191, 

250. 
Storer, Newman W., 321, 386. 
Storey, Fred G., 103, 106, 111, 115, 

120, 124, 386. 
Storey, Captain Joseph P., U. S. 

A., 113. 
Stowell, Lord, 82. 
Stuart, Mayor Edwin, of Phila., 

Pa., 139,' 141. 
Suffolk County Assn., 77, 83, 93, 

152. 
Sullivan, Col., U. S. A., 101. 
Sullivan, Major F. C, U. S. A., 

108. 
SuUivan, J. Howard, 252, 264, 289, 

296, 305, 314, 321, 329, 386. 
Sumner, Hon. Charles, 255. 
Sumner, G. W., 64. 
Swayne, Gen. Roger, 141. 
Swayne, Gen. Wager, 173, 174, 

351. 
"Sweet Adeline," 318. 
Swift, Gen. John L., 50, 122. 
Swift, Marcus G. B., 197. 
Swords, Thomas A., Ill, 386. 
Sword to General Wheeler, 189. 
Sylvester, H. A., 31, 38, 386. 
Symphony Orchestra, 308. 



T 



Tablet to Boston by S. of R., 297. 
Tablet to Commander-in-Chief 

Blackmar, 291. 
Tablet to Major Jones, 289. 
Tain, Captain, U. S. N., 193. 
Talbot, Gov. Thomas, 23, 54, 72. 
Talbot, Lieut.-Col. Thomas, 278, 

279. 
Tate, Col. A. P., Post No. 140, 

N. Y., 153. 
Taunton Brass Band, 34. 
Taylor, Captain, U. S. N., 193. 
Tavlor, Charles H., 108, 113, 122, 

128, 133, 142, 152, 195, 202, 212, 

223, 234, 245, 247, 302, 350, 386. 
Taylor, Henry W., 319, 386. 
Tavlor, John Q. M., G. A. R., 

139. 
Taylor, Mrs. L. J., Natl. President 

W. R. C, 218. 
Temple Quartette, 41, 47. 
Thane, Col. Alexander, Post No. 

140, N. Y., 152. 
Thaver, Joseph W., Dept. Comdr., 

165. 
The Lanyard Pulled, 203. 
"The New Disunion," 336. 
The Post's Triplets, 192. 
The Tide Had Turned, 85. 
Thirty-eighth Regt. Assn., 245, 

247. 
Thirty-five Thousand Veterans 

Parade, 131. 
Thomas, Gen. George H., 161. 
Thomas, Col. Henry A., 164, 175. 
Thompson, Col. Franklin M., of 

Ark., 232. 
Thompson, George J., 89, 387. 
Thompson, James, 387. 
Thompson, Jere S., J. V. C, Post 

No. 140, N. Y., 127, 140. 
Thornton, T. F., Pay Director, 

U. S. N., 100, 108. 
Ticknor, Benjamin H., 136, 252, 

264, 289, 387. 
Tiernan, Col. John L., U. S. A., 

212. 
Timberlake, Thomas C, of Ky., 

233. 
Tobin, Richard F., Dept. Comdr., 

122, 134. 



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Todd, Captain, U. S. A., 283. 
Todd, Charles R., 165, 387. 
Touching Incident, 19. 
Tourgee, Judge Albion Weingard, 

168, 169, 170, 351. 
Tower, Dr. Charles B., 146, 150, 
155, 159, 167, 173, 177, 313, 
387. 
Townslev, Lieut., U. S. A., 101. 
Toy, Prof. C. H., 208. 
Treadwell, Henry S., 261. 
Treat, Lieut., A. D. C. to Gen. 

Howard, 156. 
Trimble, H. M., Commander-in- 
Chief, 326. 
Troop D, M. V. M., 26. 
Trooping the Colors, 317. 
Trotter, of 55th Infantry Mass., 

19. 
Trull, Ezra J., 77, 108, 387. 
Trustees of Tufts College, 283. 
Try on, Rev. L., 303. 
Tucker, James, 319, 388. 
Tucker, Lieut. Gov. Joseph, 9. 
Tucker, Louis N., 5-7, 9, 55, 72, 
75 77, 118, 121, 213, 350, 388. 
Tufts College, 101, 256, 283, 290, 

310. 
Tufts Memorial Tablet, 283. 
Txirner, Mrs. Lizabeth A., 163. 
Tweedale, Adjt. Gen., G. A. R., 

260. 
Tyler, George H., 101, 388. 



U 



Union Club, 189. 

Unwritten Incident of President 

McKinley, 257. 
Upham, Henry M., 278, 279, 318, 

388. 

V 



Van Ness, Rev. Thomas, 188, 196, 
201, 206, 208, 211, 222, 253. 
308, 310, 316, 331, 335, 338, 394. 
397. 

Veazy, Wheelock G., Comman- 
der-in-Chief, 139, 141. 

Verleye, Monsieur, French Consul, 
78. 

Veterans' Club, 12, 77. 

Viele, Gen. Egbert L., 127, 129. 



Vincent, Col. Wilham C, 196, 231, 

394, 397. 
Visit to Lafayette, 138. 

W 

Wadsworth, Dexter E., 287. 
Wagner, Louis, Commander-in- 
Chief, 82. 
Wainwright, Gen. C. S., 70. 
Wait, Joseph, 43, 388. 
Wales, B. Read, 100. 
Wales, Nathaniel, 77, 88, 305, 310, 

311, 313, 315, 327, 338, 388. 
Walker, E. Clifford, 75, 86, 118, 

388 
Walker, Col. Henry S., 107. 
Walker, Mrs. Jennie Patrick, 1.56, 

168, 184. 
Walker, Myron P., Dept. Comdr., 

113, 117, 118. 
Walker, Samuel A., 48, .54. 
Wallace, Cranmore N., 133, 146, 

150-1.53, 223, 224, 248, 389. 
Wallace, James A., 218, 389. 
Walsh, Gov. David I., 342. 
Waltham Band, 94, 184, 297. 
Waning Interest, 64. 
Ware, Rev. John F. W., 64, 65, 351. 
Warner, William, Commander-in- 
Chief, 132. 
Warren Camp, S. of Vet., 278. 
Warren Street Chapel, 104. 
Warren, Dr. J. H., 31, 38, 80, 86, 

93, 99, 389. 
Warren, Winslow, 170. 
Washburn, W., Jr., 10, 31, 389. 
Washburn, Gov. William B.. 23. 
Washington Encampment Com- 
mittee, 2>3. 
Washington, George, 234, 329. 
Washington's Birthday, 329. 
Watchman, The, 298. 
Watson, B. F., Post No. 140, N. Y., 

244. 
Watson, Hon. Cyrus B., of N. C, 

232, 242. 
Watson, John C, 252, 389. 
Watterson, Col. Henry, 228. 
Waugh, W. Wallace, 72, 75, 80, 
86, 113, 122, 133, 146, 147, 149, 
319, 389. 
Webb, Dr. M. E., 103, 389. 



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INDEX 



Webster, Col. Amos, 175. 
Webster, Hon. Daniel, 47, 57, 239, 

256. 
Wegg, Silas, 323. 

Weissert, A. G., Commander-in- 
Chief, 153. 
Welcome to Admiral Dewey, 195. 
Welcome to Associate Members, 

196. 
Weld, Otis E., 157, 171, 175, 350, 

389. 
Wellington, Austin C, 88, 103, 
104, 106, 111, 112, 113, 115, 117, 
118-120, 147, 389. 
Wellington, J. C, 108. 
Wellington, Mrs. Sarah C. Fisher, 

147. 
Wellman, Hon. Arthur H., 212. 
Wendell Phillips School, 330. 
Wendte, Rev. Charles W., 197. 
Wennebaeh, Master Frederick, 

309. 
Wentworth, Thomas S., 390. 
Westfall, John H., 292. 
"West Indies," 327. 
Weston, Henry G., 215, 329, 332, 

334. 390. 
Weston, Mrs. Henry G., 295. 
Weston, Mr., Organist, 83, 390. 
Wetherbee, Wilfred A., Dept. 
Comdr., 157, 210, 213, 289, 326. 
Wheeler, Miss Annie, 183, 184, 

187, 188, 189, 273. 
Wheeler, Miss Carrie, 183, 184, 

187, 188, 189, 273. 
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 56, 182, 183, 
185-191. 196, 202, 248, 265-273, 
288, 340. 352. 
Wheeler, Miss Lucy L., 267. 
Wheeler's, General, Puneral, 267. 
Wheelock, Henry G., 333, 390. 
White, Edwin D., 108, 390. 
White, Edwin P., Post No. 140, 

N. Y., 163, 178. 
White, Gen. James G., 318. 
White, John Greeley S., 148, 390. 
White, Joseph L., 107, 108, 113, 
118, 122, 125, 129, 133, 134, 
141, 147, 150, 161, 181, 185, 188, 
197, 201, 250, 251, 350, 390. 
Whiting, F. E., 175. 
Whitnev, H. L., 61. 
Whitney, Gen. Jophanus H., 283. 



Whitnev, Myron W., 142, 153, 156, 
185, 318, 319, 350, 390. 

Whitney Quartette, 153. 

Whitney, William L., 142. 

Whittaker, Hon. James E., 108. 

Whittemore, John H., 391. 

Whittington, Hiram, 261, 391. 

Wilev, Daniel D., 66, 72, 391. 

Williams, Prof. Alonzo H., 178, 202. 

Williams, Captain Edgar, 153. 

Williams, Mr. (Reader). 153. 

Williams, Major Wollmer, of Eng- 
land, 163. 

Williamson, Gen., of Iowa, 108. 

Wilson, Captain A. McD., 337. 

Wilson, Charles W., 10, 65, 218, 391. 

Wilson, Col., Commandant West 
Point, 140. 

Wilson, Gen. J. H., 74, 268. 

Wilson, John W., 35, 391. 

Wilson, R. T., of N. Y., 268. 

Wilson, Sergeant W. O., 337. 

Winn, Major Henry, 301. 

Winthrop. Hon. Robert C, 76. 

Winthrop School, 339. 

Wiswell, Miss Elizabeth, 336. 

Withrow, Rev. John Lindsey, 185, 
188, 202. 

Witt, Charles T., 164. 

Wolcott, Gov. Roger, 152, 164, 
181, 183, 189. 

Wolcott School, 339. 

Wolff, James H., Dept. Comdr., 260. 

Woman's Relief Corps, 106, 118, 
133, 163, 213, 218, 319, 393. 

Wood, Mrs. Frances Dutton, So- 
prano, 309. 

Wood, James R., Post No. 161, 251. 

Woodford, Gen. Stewart L., 151, 
268. 

Woodruff, Col. Carl A., 164, 171, 
391. 

Woods, Edwin H., 319. 392. 

World's End Farm, 188. 

Wright, Col. Carroll D., 32, 95. 

Wright, Prof., Oberlin College, 171. 

Wright, Rev. William B., 61, 351. 

Wyeth, Dr. John, of N. Y., 268. 

Y 

Yacht, "Ma Belle," 292. 
Y. M. C. Union, 155, 159, 197, 
211. 



